Low aerobic fitness in Brazilian adolescents

Factors associated with low levels of aerobic fitness among adolescents

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of low aerobic fitness levels and to analyze the association with sociodemographic factors, lifestyle and excess body fatness among adolescents of southern Brazil. METHODS The study included 879 adolescents aged 14 to 19 years the city of São José/SC, Brazil. The aerobic fitness was assessed by Canadian modified test of aerobic fitness. Sociodemographic va...

Aerobic fitness percentiles for U.S. adolescents.

BACKGROUND Although aerobic fitness has been well studied, establishing developmental patterns from previous studies has some limitations including selection bias and the statistical modeling of growth-related data. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop age-, gender-, and race-specific smoothed percentiles for aerobic fitness using the LMS (L=skewness, M=median, and S=coefficient o...

Aerobic fitness of children and adolescents.

White matter connectivity and aerobic fitness in male adolescents

Exercise has been shown to have positive effects on the brain and behavior throughout various stages of the lifespan. However, little is known about the impact of exercise on neurodevelopment during the adolescent years, particularly with regard to white matter microstructure, as assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Both tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and tractography-based along-...

[Health-related physical fitness in Brazilian adolescents from areas having a medium/low Human Development Index].

OBJECTIVE Evaluating health-related, physical fitness (HRPF) in adolescents from a town having a medium/low Human Development Index (HDI). METHODS This was a descriptive study involving 627 adolescents (266 boys and 361 girls) from public schools aged 14 to 17. Anthropometric measurements were obtained and the students were given motor tests analysed according to the cut-off points suggested ...