Article
Biology
Raquel Pastor-Cisneros, Jorge Carlos-Vivas, Laura Munoz-Bermejo, Jose Carmelo Adsuar-Sala, Eugenio Merellano-Navarro, Maria Mendoza-Munoz
Summary: Alarming data on physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyles in children and young people are increasing, highlighting the importance of assessing physical literacy and self-perceived fitness. The study found a significant correlation between motivation, cardiorespiratory fitness, and overall physical literacy levels in children and adolescents. This suggests that higher levels of self-perceived fitness are associated with greater levels of physical literacy.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Feng Zhang, Cunjian Bi, Xiaojian Yin, Qi Chen, Yuqiang Li, Yuan Liu, Ting Zhang, Ming Li, Yi Sun, Xiaofang Yang
Summary: This study aimed to develop physical fitness reference standards for Chinese children and adolescents, revealing that boys generally outperformed girls in most tests except for sit and reach. Additionally, as age increased, so did the differences in physical fitness levels between genders.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Eliseo Iglesias-Soler, Maria Rua-Alonso, Jessica Rial-Vazquez, Jose Ramon Lete-Lasa, Ivan Clavel, Manuel A. Giraldez-Garcia, Javier Rico-Diaz, Miguel Rodriguez-Del Corral, Eduardo Carballeira-Fernandez, Xurxo Dopico-Calvo
Summary: This study utilized data from the DAFIS project to obtain normative values of physical fitness for Galician school students, finding that boys generally had better physical fitness than girls, except in flexibility. The study also indicated that fat mass distribution and muscular performance concentrate a high proportion of variability in physical fitness.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Raul J. Najera-Longoria, Irene Leal-Berumen, Yunuen S. Rangel-Ledezma, Angel Licon-Trillo, Veronica Moreno-Brito, Everardo Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Miguel Conchas-Ramirez, Imelda G. Alcala-Sanchez
Summary: The WHO identifies high BMI, high blood pressure, and high fasting plasma glucose as chronic disease risk factors, whereas physical fitness is identified as a protective behavioral factor. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 201 teenagers from rural towns in Northern Mexico, and the relationships between physical fitness and cardio-metabolic risk related to anthropometric, glycolipid, and vascular function factors were assessed. No differences were found among ethnic groups in physical fitness and cardio-metabolic health risks; sex differentiated higher health risks related to behavioral factors, since young women showed lower physical fitness across ethnicities.
Review
Sport Sciences
Grant R. Tomkinson, Tori Kaster, Faith L. Dooley, John S. Fitzgerald, Madison Annandale, Katia Ferrar, Justin J. Lang, Jordan J. Smith
Summary: The study found that there was only a minimal improvement in standing broad jump (SBJ) performance among children and adolescents globally from 1960 to 2017, with a decline in SBJ performance in most countries since 2000. National trends in SBJ performance were not significantly correlated with national trends in health-related and socioeconomic/demographic indicators.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Osama Abdelkarim, Mohamed Aly, Noha ElGyar, Amira M. M. Shalaby, Keita Kamijo, Alexander Woll, Klaus Bos
Summary: Growing evidence suggests that culture and education can influence cognitive constructs. A study on Egyptian preadolescent children found a positive association between aerobic fitness and cognitive control, specifically shorter response time and higher accuracy in a more demanding task condition. These findings highlight the importance of aerobic fitness for cognitive development and suggest that this association may be consistent across cultures.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Tiago Rodrigues de Lima, Priscila Custodio Martins, Yara Maria Franco Moreno, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Mark Stephen Tremblay, Xuemei Sui, Diego Augusto Santos Silva
Summary: This study examined the relationship between muscular fitness phenotypes and cardiometabolic variables in children and adolescents. The findings suggest that maximum muscular strength/power and muscular endurance are associated with lower obesity and reduced risk of clustered cardiometabolic variables. However, evidence supporting an inverse association between muscular fitness and blood pressure, lipids, glucose homeostasis biomarkers, and inflammatory markers in this population is limited.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sara Pereira, Alcibiades Bustamante, Carla Santos, Donald Hedeker, Go Tani, Rui Garganta, Olga Vasconcelos, Adam Baxter-Jones, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Jose Maia
Summary: This study found that sex, age, geographical area, biological maturation, BMI, height, and stunting were significant factors affecting gross-motor coordination in Peruvian children and adolescents. Older girls living at sea-level and high-altitude were more likely to have below normal gross-motor coordination scores. School context was less important in predicting gross-motor coordination issues compared to the interplay between biological characteristics and geographical region.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Lauren B. Raine, Jennifer N. H. Watrous, Katherine McDonald, Nicole E. Logan, Naiman A. Khan, Arthur F. Kramer, Charles H. Hillman
Summary: There is an increasing prevalence of poor health behaviors during childhood, particularly in terms of physical activity and nutrition. This study investigated the relationship between specific aspects of nutrition, particularly B-vitamins, and related health factors on selective attention in children. The findings suggest that aspects of health, such as increased B-vitamin intake, fitness, and BMI, may have unique contributions on cognitive performance. Proper physical health and nutrition are imperative for effective cognitive functioning in preadolescent children.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Katharina Koeble, Tanja Postler, Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz, Thorsten Schulz
Summary: This study aimed to examine the physical fitness levels of primary school children and to determine the associations among physical fitness, concentration, and health-related quality of life. The results showed that physical fitness levels increased with age, boys performed better in most physical fitness dimensions, and concentration levels increased in children aged 7-9. However, health-related quality of life did not increase. Cardiopulmonary fitness had a significant impact on concentration and health-related quality of life in 9-10-year-olds.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Eero A. Haapala, Marja H. Leppanen, Maarit Lehti, Niina Lintu, Tuomo Tompuri, Anna Viitasalo, Ursula Schwab, Timo A. Lakka
Summary: Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with a cardioprotective metabolite profile in children, independent of body fat percentage. Associations between fitness and certain serum metabolites remained significant even after adjusting for body fat.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Adam Runacres, Kelly A. A. MacKintosh, Sebastien Chastin, Melitta A. A. McNarry
Summary: The study aimed to determine the joint influence of physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (SED) on maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) using compositional analyses. It was found that increasing the time spent in vigorous PA was associated with higher VO2max, while reducing vigorous PA was associated with lower VO2max. Time spent sedentary had little impact on VO2max. These findings highlight the importance of PA intensity for VO2max improvements.
Article
Pediatrics
Giada Ballarin, Maria Rosaria Licenziati, Paola Alicante, Olivia Di Vincenzo, Giuliana Valerio, Luca Scalfi
Summary: The study examined the relationship between muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and body composition, finding that upper limb strength is mainly predicted by lean body mass, while broad jump performance is mainly influenced by adiposity indicators. Therefore, these factors are all important for health-related fitness.
Article
Sport Sciences
Jeremy Vanhelst, Laurent Beghin, Elodie Drumez, Jose Antonio Casajus, Stefaan De Henauw, Kurt Widhalm, Cristina Molina, Eva Karaglani, Frederic Gottrand
Summary: The study found that adolescents with a longer school time had higher cardiorespiratory fitness, while those with a shorter school time had lower cardiorespiratory fitness. Additionally, the percentage of adolescents at cardiovascular risk in adulthood was higher in the short time group compared to the long time group.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Amir Shams, Hadi Nobari, Jose Afonso, Hamed Abbasi, Elena Mainer-Pardos, Jorge Perez-Gomez, Mahdi Bayati, Alireza Bahrami, Lara Carneiro
Summary: Aerobic exercise has a positive impact on psychological well-being and quality of life in older adults, with moderate-intensity exercise showing greater benefits than low-intensity, demonstrating a positive dose-response relationship.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Sport Sciences
Francisco B. Ortega, Bojan Leskosek, Rok Blagus, Jose J. Gil-Cosano, Jarek Maeestu, Grant R. Tomkinson, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Evelin Maeestu, Gregor Starc, Ivana Milanovic, Tuija H. Tammelin, Maroje Soric, Claude Scheuer, Attilio Carraro, Monika Kaj, Tamas Csanyi, Luis B. Sardinha, Matthieu Lenoir, Arunas Emeljanovas, Brigita Mieziene, Labros S. Sidossis, Maret Pihu, Nicola Lovecchio, Kenn Konstabel, Konstantinos D. Tambalis, Lovro Stefan, Clemens Drenowatz, Lukas Rubin, Seryozha Gontarev, Jose Castro-Pinero, Jeremy Vanhelst, Brendan O'Keeffe, Oscar L. Veiga, Thordis Gisladottir, Gavin Sandercock, Marjeta Misigoj-Durakovic, Claudia Niessner, Eva-Maria Riso, Stevo Popovic, Saima Kuu, Mai Chinapaw, Ivan Clavel, Idoia Labayen, Janusz Dobosz, Dario Colella, Susi Kriemler, Sanja Salaj, Maria Jose Noriega, Klaus Boes, Mairena Sanchez-Lopez, Timo A. Lakka, Garden Tabacchi, Dario Novak, Wolfgang Ahrens, Niels Wedderkopp, Gregor Jurak
Summary: The study aims to develop reference values for health-related fitness in European children and adolescents aged 6-18 years, and to provide comparisons across European countries. The study uses various test methods to obtain percentile values and provides corresponding country rankings and overall fitness rankings. Finally, the study emphasizes the importance of fitness assessment in health, education, and sports, and introduces the application of the FitBack website platform.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Luis B. Sardinha, Joao P. Magalhaes, Diana A. Santos, Megan Hetherington-Rauth
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the independent associations between moderate and vigorous physical activity (PA) and total and abdominal fat in children, and whether these associations were moderated by cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). The results showed that vigorous PA was inversely associated with fat mass and abdominal fat, independent of moderate PA. In contrast, moderate PA was not related to adiposity independent of vigorous PA. Furthermore, the relationships between PA intensities and fat mass were moderated by CRF. Moderate PA was positively associated with adiposity in children with high CRF levels, while vigorous PA remained inversely associated with adiposity regardless of CRF level.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Catarina L. Nunes, Gil B. Rosa, Filipe Jesus, Steven B. Heymsfield, Claudia S. Minderico, Paulo Martins, Luis B. Sardinha, Analiza M. Silva
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of adaptive thermogenesis in non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) after weight loss (WL) and understand the associations of these compensations with weight loss. The study found no significant differences in NEAT or non-exercise physical activity (NEPA) after the WL intervention, indicating that compensatory changes in these activities may not play a significant role in weight loss.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Sofus C. Larsen, Ruairi O'Driscoll, Graham Horgan, Marie-Louise K. Mikkelsen, Ina O. Specht, Jeanett F. Rohde, Jake Turicchi, Ines Santos, Jorge Encantado, Cristiana Duarte, Leigh C. Ward, Antonio L. Palmeira, R. James Stubbs, Berit L. Heitmann
Summary: This study explored the associations between substituting sedentary time with sleep or physical activity and weight-loss maintenance. It found that during the early stages of weight-loss maintenance, substituting sedentary behavior with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity can prevent an increase in body fat percentage. However, sedentary behavior had little or no influence on subsequent weight-loss maintenance.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Jorge Encantado, Marta M. Marques, Maria Joao Gouveia, Ines Santos, David Sanchez-Oliva, Ruairi O'Driscoll, Jake Turicchi, Sofus C. Larsen, Graham Horgan, Pedro J. Teixeira, R. James Stubbs, Berit Lilienthal Heitmann, Antonio L. Palmeira
Summary: This study is a secondary analysis of the weight loss maintenance NoHoW trial, exploring the impact mechanisms of digital intervention on long-term physical activity changes. The results indicate limited effects of theory-driven motivational and self-regulatory mechanisms on actual behavior change, calling for new approaches to investigate these relationships.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Antonio L. Palmeira, David Sanchez-Oliva, Jorge Encantado, Marta M. Marques, Ines Santos, Cristiana Duarte, Marcela Matos, Sofus C. Larsen, Graham Horgan, Pedro J. Teixeira, Berit L. Heitmann, R. James Stubbs
Summary: This study examined the reciprocal effects between psychosocial variables (needs satisfaction, eating regulation, self-efficacy) and weight over 12 months. The findings suggest that weight decrease, needs satisfaction, and self-efficacy may lead to Weight Management Cycles, providing sustained prevention of weight regain during long-term weight regain prevention.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Ines Ramos Correia, Vasco Cardoso, Catarina Cargaleiro, Joao P. Magalhaes, Megan Hetherington-Rauth, Gil B. Rosa, Carla Malveiro, Leonor Vasconcelos de Matos, Maria Joao Cardoso, Luis B. Sardinha
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the effects of home-based exercise on physical fitness in cancer patients undergoing active treatment. The results showed that regular home-based exercise programs are effective in improving the 6-minute walk test for cancer patients undergoing active treatment, but no significant effects were found for muscle strength and body composition.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Joao P. Magalhaes, Megan Hetherington-Rauth, Gil B. Rosa, Ines R. Correia, Graca M. Pinto, Jose P. Ferreira, Manuel J. Coelho-E-silva, Armando M. Raimundo, Jorge Mota, Luib B. Sardinha
Summary: This study describes changes in measured physical activity and sedentary time of the Portuguese population from 2008 to 2018. The results show that physical activity remained fairly stable for all groups, except for youth females and adult males. While sedentary time decreased for adult males, it increased for youth.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Luis B. Sardinha, Gil B. Rosa
Summary: The biophysical response of the human body to electric current, particularly the phase angle (PhA), is considered as an indicator of cell health and mass. Despite the effectiveness of resistance training (RT) in improving PhA, the underlying biological mechanisms are still not fully understood. This review provides a theoretical explanation for the responsiveness of PhA determinants to RT and summarizes the evidence on the effects of RT on PhA in different age groups. The findings suggest that RT modulates cell volume and leads to changes in electrical resistance and capacitance, ultimately affecting PhA.
REVIEWS IN ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Gil B. Rosa, Megan Hetherington-Rauth, Joao P. Magalhaes, Ines R. Correia, Graca M. Pinto, Jose P. Ferreira, Manuel J. Coelho-e-Silva, Armando M. Raimundo, Jorge Mota, Luis B. Sardinha
Summary: This investigation aimed to describe the current physical fitness (PF) status of Portuguese youth, compare secular trends from 2008 and 2018, and establish updated age- and sex-specific percentile values for distinct PF tests. In 2018, boys surpassed girls in multiple PF tests, while girls showed improvement in flexibility. The present investigation provides new and updated PF percentile curves for Portuguese youth.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Karen Christina Walker, Fanney Thorsteinsdottir, Henrik Thybo Christesen, Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, Berit Lilienthal Heitmann, Ina Olmer Specht, Mina Nicole Handel
Summary: This study found no significant association between vitamin D supplementation or vitamin D status during pregnancy and congenital anomalies (CAs) in the offspring. However, the interpretation of the results should be cautious due to the limitations of the current studies.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Raquel D. Langer, Leigh C. Ward, Sofus C. Larsen, Berit L. Heitmann
Summary: This study aimed to determine the relationship between 6-year changes in phase angle (PhA) and mortality and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD). The results showed that a larger decrease in PhA was associated with higher risk of early mortality and incidence of CVD over an 18-year period. Measuring PhA changes may help identify apparently healthy individuals who are at increased risk of future CVD or premature death.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Carla Malveiro, Ines R. Correia, Catarina Cargaleiro, Joao P. Magalhaes, Leonor Vasconcelos de Matos, Sofia Hilario, Luis B. Sardinha, Maria Joao Cardoso
Summary: This systematic review analyzed the effects of different exercise protocols on physical fitness, quality of life, cancer-related fatigue, and sleep quality in patients with different types of cancer undergoing neoadjuvant treatment. The review found that exercise interventions appeared to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, body composition, and overall quality of life.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Juergen M. Steinacker, Willem van Mechelen, Wilhelm Bloch, Mats Boerjesson, Maurizio Casasco, Bernd Wolfarth, Carolin Knoke, Theodora Papadopoulou, Janine Wendt, Hashel Al Tunaiji, Dietrich Andresen, Olena Andrieieva, Norbert Bachl, Victoriya Badtieva, Friedhelm J. Beucher, Cheri A. Blauwet, Jose-Antonio Casajus Mallen, Ju-Ho Chang, German Clenin, Naama Constantini, Demitri Constantinou, Luigi Di Luigi, Lukas Declercq, Stephane Doutreleau, Svitlana Drozdovska, Martine Duclos, Andrea Ermolao, Thomas Fischbach, Anastasia N. Fischer, Chiara Fossati, Jeorge Franchella, Mark Fulcher, Jan C. Galle, Christian Gerloff, Evelina Georgiades, Boris Gojanovic, Marcela Gonzalez Gross, Andy Grote, Martin Halle, Hans Hauner, Matthew Payton Herring, Mikio Hiura, Kerstin Holze, Gerhard Huber, David Hughes, Mark R. Hutchinson, Anca Ionescu, Dina Christina Janse van Rensburg, Anna Jegier, Natasha Jones, Kirsten Kappert-Gonther, Monika Kellerer, Yutaka Kimura, Agrita Kiopa, Bernd Kladny, Gerhard Koch, Elin Kolle, Greg Kolt, Yiannis Koutedakis, Stephan Kress, Susi Kriemler, Jens Kroeger, Christian Kuhn, Roman Laszlo, Ralph Lehnert, Francois J. Lhuissier, Kerstin Luedtke, Shigeru Makita, Pedro Manonelles Marqueta, Winfried Maerz, Kirill Micallef-Stafrace, Mike Miller, Melita Moore, Erich Mueller, Danie Neunhaeuserer, I. Renay Onur, Vahur Oeoepik, Malgorzata Perl, Anastassios Philippou, Hans-Georg Predel, Sebastien Racinais, Algirdas Raslanas, Ruediger Reer, Klaus Reinhardt, Claus Reinsberger, Sandra Rozenstoka, Robert Sallis, Luis B. Sardinha, Martin Scherer, Jasper Schipperijn, Romain Seil, Benedict Tan, Arno Schmidt-Trucksaess, Nils Schumacher, Bernhard Schwaab, Ansgar Schwirtz, Masato Suzuki, Jeroen Swart, Ralph Tiesler, Ulf Tippelt, Eleanor Tillet, Jane Thornton, Bulent Ulkar, Eve Unt, Evert Verhagen, Thomas Weikert, Roberto Vettor, Sheng Zeng, Richard Budgett, Lars Engebretsen, Ugur Erdener, Fabio Pigozzi, Yannis P. Pitsiladis
Summary: Non-communicable diseases, such as coronary heart disease and diabetes, are increasing worldwide due to a lack of physical activity. This leads to negative health outcomes and economic burdens. To address this issue, the 'Hamburg Declaration' was signed, aiming to promote physical activity and improve individual and community health.
BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Psychology, Developmental
Antonio Videira-Silva, Licinio Manco, Luis B. Sardinha, Helena Fonseca
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2023)