Weight status and physical fitness: review of the scientific literature
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https://doi.org/10.24310/riccafd.2017.v6i3.4850Keywords:
physical activity, physical fitness, weight status, children, adolescentsAbstract
The relationship between obesity and physical fitness is being recently studied and whose origin is still the reason of extensive controversy among those who research it. This review aims to summarize scientific studies published in the recent years that evaluate the relationship between weight status and physical fitness. The research includes studies that were published between 2.006 y 2.017 using English or Spanish electronic databases. Using keywords like physical fitness, obesity, weight status, children and adolescents. Included those items were written in Spanish or English, studies that included previously validated measurement instruments and original articles. In our first search a totally of 159 articles were found and finally a total of 16 articles were selected for inclusion in the review. The results indicate that obesity is associated with a poor health related to physical fitness.
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