Prevalence of metabolic disease and correlation to body composition and cardiovascular fitness in adults undergoing fitness assessments

Field assessments for obesity prevention in children and adults: physical activity, fitness, and body composition.

Nutrition and health educators work in community settings implementing lifestyle programs focused on obesity prevention and chronic disease risk reduction. These programs typically focus on improving diet and physical activity (PA) behaviors. Many nutrition educators may not be confident in their ability to select, administer, and interpret PA assessments to effectively evaluate their PA or lif...

Relationship of DNA Methylation with Cardiovascular Fitness and Body Composition

Body Composition and Fitness in Elite Spanish Children Body Composition and Fitness in Elite Spanish Children

The aims of this study were to describe body composition and physical fitness changes during a wholeseason in elite children tennis players. A total of 7 elite children tennis players participated in the study. Whole body composition by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and physical fitness were assessed during a season. Subjects increased lean and bone percentage, and decreased abdominal ...

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Composition

ACSM Position Stand on The Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in Adults. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 975–991, 1998. The combination of frequency, intensity, and duration of chronic exercise has been found to be effective for producing a training effect. The interaction of these fact...

Prevalence and cardiovascular disease correlates of low cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents and adults.

CONTEXT Population surveys indicate that physical activity levels are low in the United States. One consequence of inactivity, low cardiorespiratory fitness, is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality, but the prevalence of cardiorespiratory fitness has not been quantified in representative US population samples. OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalenc...