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Research explaining childhood obesity has been usually focused on cognitive and behavioral predictors assessed in parents only or in children only. In contrast, the dyadic approach allows to evaluate how parental and child predictors operate together to explain child physical activity (PA) and body fat. This study investigated relationships among: (1) parental and child perceptions of accessibility...
The aim of the study was to assess body composition by anthropometry in school-age children playing football (soccer) and to compare the results with those of a reference group. We studied 239 children aged 9.0 to 14.9 years who played this sport in a local league. We compared them with a reference population of 453 children in the same age range. We measured weight, height, four skinfold thicknesses,...
We aimed to show the relationships between reported physical activity, fitness level, and body composition in healthy adult office-working Kuwaiti males (n = 45). Reported level of physical activity (group 0 = no routine exercise, n = 10; group 1 = routine exercise once per wk, n = 19; group 2 = routine exercise two or more times per wk, n = 16) was determined from recall questionnaires. Aerobic fitness...
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