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PEDIATRIC EXERCISE SCIENCE
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 198-210Publisher
HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
DOI: 10.1123/pes.20.2.198
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [1 R01 HL 57775, 5 T32 HL 07034] Funding Source: Medline
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The purpose of this study was to identify racial differences in physical activity (PA), fitness, and BMI in female 8th-grade sports participants and nonparticipants. Girls from 31 South Carolina middle schools (N = 1,903, 48% White; mean age = 13.6 +/- 0.63) reported PA and previous year sports-team participation, completed a submaximal fitness test, and had height and weight measured. Sports team participation was positively associated with PA and negatively associated with television viewing and BMI, in a dose-response manner. Compared with Whites, African-Americans reported less PA and more television viewing, and had greater BMI scores. Whereas PA intervention programs that incorporate a sports-team component could benefit all girls, African-American girls could be specifically targeted because of their lower physical activity.
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