Evidence that aerobic fitness is more salient than weight status in predicting standardized math and reading outcomes in fourth-through eighth-grade students

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 344-348

  Rauner, Robert R ^a   Walters, Ryan W ^b   Avery, Marybell ^c   Wanser, Teresa J ^c  

^a Partnership for A Healthy Lincoln   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lincoln Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Healthy fitness zone; HFZ; Nebraska State Accountability; NeSA; PACER; Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; MEAL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOCIAL STATUS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTHY FITNESS ZONE; HFZ; NEBRASKA STATE ACCOUNTABILITY; NESA; PACER; PROGRESSIVE AEROBIC CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE RUN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; READING;

EID: 84880574897     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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