Cognitive Development and Non-Aerobic Physical Fitness in Preschoolers: a Longitudinal Study

Introduction: Early childhood is the most critical period of healthy motor and cognitive development in human life increased physical activity may provide health benefits across adolescence. Objective: The aim this study was to quantify relationship between non-aerobic fitness preschool children. Methods: Participants included children from a longitudinal city Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (N=1380, first year; N=1320, second year). Non-aerobic assessed with Sitting-Rising Test (SRT) Performance Indicators for Primary Schools (PIPS). Results: (0.25 language 0.17 mathematics, p<0.05) were positively correlated. hierarchical linear regression models revealed that baseline measurements presented small but significant association prospective mathematic performance not after controlling confounder variables (ES=0.16 mathematics ES=0.11 Conclusions: These results suggest an children's early school years.