Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Relations of weight status and physical fitness of children in Slovenia Cover

Relations of weight status and physical fitness of children in Slovenia

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 53 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)
By: ,  ,   and    
Open Access
|Dec 2013
References

References

  1. 1. World Health Organization. Global strategy on diet, physical activity, and health: childhood overweight and obesity. Available September 22, 2012 at: http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/childhood/en/.
    Search in Google Scholar
  2. 2. Harvard School of Public Health. The obesity prevention source. Available September 24, 2012 at: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-trends/global-obesity-trendsin- children/index.html#References/.
    Search in Google Scholar
  3. 3. Strong WB, Malina RM, Blimke CJ, Daniels SR, Dishman RK, Gutin B et al. Evidence based physical activity for school-age youth. J Pediatr 2005; 146: 732-7.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  4. 4. Friedlander SL, Larkin EK, Rosen CL, Palermo TM, Redline S.Decreased quality of life associated with obesity in school-aged children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2003; 157: 1206-11.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  5. 5. Matejek Č, Planinšec J. Quality of life of six years old children and physical activity, In: Sport a kvalita života 2008: sbornik přispěvků. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Fakulta sportovních studií, 2008: 1.
    Search in Google Scholar
  6. 6. Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gai, MH. Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight and obesity. JAMA 2005; 293: 1861-7.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  7. 7. Wright CM, Parker L, Lamont D, Craft AW. Implications of childhood obesity for adult health: findings from thousand families cohort study. BMJ 2001; 323: 1280-4.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  8. 8. Gallahue DL, Ozmun JC, Goodway JD. Understanding motor development: infants, children, adolescents, adults. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, 2012.
    Search in Google Scholar
  9. 9. Bouchard C. The obesity epidemic: introduction, In: Bouchard C, editor. Physical activity and obesity. Illinois: Human Kinetics, Champaign, 2000: 3-22.
    Search in Google Scholar
  10. 10. Harris KC, Kuramoto LK, Schulzer M, Retallack JE. Effect of school-based physical activity interventions on body mass index in children: a meta-analysis. CMAJ 2009; 180: 719-26.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  11. 11. Strauss RS, Rodzilsky D, Burack G, Colin M. Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in healthy children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001; 155: 897-902.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  12. 12. Pišot R, Planinšec J. Struktura motorike v zgodnjem otroštvu. Koper: Založba Annales, 2005.
    Search in Google Scholar
  13. 13. Christodoulos AD, Flouris AD, Tokmakidis SP. Obesity and physical fitness of pre-adolescent children during the academic year and the summer period: effects of organized physical activity. J Child Health Care 2006; 10: 199-212.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  14. 14. Planinšec J, Fošnarič S. Relationship of perceived physical self-concept and physical activity level and sex among young children. Percept Mot Skills 2005; 100: 349-53.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  15. 15. Adam C, Klissouras V, Ravazzolo M, Renson R, Tuxworth W. Eurofit: European test of physical fitness. Rome: Council of Europe, Committee for the Development of Sport, 1988.
    Search in Google Scholar
  16. 16. Aires L, Silva P, Santos R, Santos P, Ribeiro JC, Mota J. Association of physical fitness and body mass index in youth. Minerva Pediatr 2008; 60: 397-405.
    Search in Google Scholar
  17. 17. Frey GC, Chow B. Relationship between BMI, physical fitness, and motor skills in youth with mild intellectual disabilities. Int J Obes (London) 2006; 30: 861-7.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  18. 18. Haerens L, Deforche B, Maes L, Cardon G, De Bourdeaudhuij I. Physical activity and endurance in normal weight versus overweight boys and girls. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2007; 47: 344-50.
    Search in Google Scholar
  19. 19. Karppanen AK, Ahonen SM, Tammelin T, Vanhala M, Korpelainen R. Physical activity and fitness in 8-year-old overweight and normal weight children and their parents. Int J Circumpolar Health 2012; 71: 17621
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  20. 20. Tokmakidis SP, Kasambalis A, Christodoulos AD. Fitness levels of Greek primary schoolchildren in relationship to overweight and obesity. Eur J Pediatr 2006; 165: 867-74.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  21. 21. Deforche B, Lefevre J, Bourdeaudhuij I, Hills AP, Duquet W, Bouckaert J. Physical fitness and physical activity in obese and nonobese Flemish youth. Obes Res 2003; 11: 434-41.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  22. 22. Casajús JA, Leiva MT, Villarroya A, Legaz A, Moreno LA. Physical performance and school physical education in overweight Spanish children. Ann Nutr Metab 2007; 51: 288-96
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  23. 23. Planinšec J, Matejek Č. Differences in physical activity between nonoverweight, overweight and obese children. Coll Antropol 2004; 28: 747-54.
    Search in Google Scholar
  24. 24. Brettschneider WD, Naul R. Obesity in Evrope: young people´s physical activity and sedentary lifestyles. In: Brettschneider WD, Naul R, editors. Obesity in Evrope: young people´s physical activity and sedentary lifestyles. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang GmbH Europäisher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2007: 7-26.
    Search in Google Scholar
  25. 25. Cole TJ, Bellizzi C, Flegal KM, Dietz WH. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. BMJ 2000; 320: 1240-53.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  26. 26. Lopes L, Santos R, Pereira B, Lopes VP. Associations between sedentary behavior and motor coordination in children. Am J Hum Biol 2012; 24: 746-52.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  27. 27. Okely AD, Booth ML, Chey T. Relationships between body composition and fundamental movement skills among children and adolescents, Res Q Exerc Sport 2004; 75: 238-47.
    Search in Google Scholar
  28. 28. Ward DS, Trost SG, Felton G, Saunders R, Parsons MA, Dowda M et al. Physical activity and physical fitness in African-American girls with and without obesity. Obes Res 1997; 5: 572-7.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  29. 29. Twisk JW, Kemper HC, Van Mechelen W. Tracking of activity and fitness and the relationship with cardiovascular disease risk factors. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000; 32: 1455-61.
    Open DOISearch in Google Scholar
  30. 30. Planinšec J, Pišot R, Fošnarič S. Gibalna aktivnost mlajših šolarjev v severovzhodni Sloveniji. Pedagoška Obzorja 2006; 21: 3-14.
    Search in Google Scholar
  31. 31. Bös K. Differentielle Aspekte der Entwicklung motorischer Fähigkeiten. In: Baur J, Bös K, Singer R, editors. Motorische Entwicklung: ein Handbuch. Schorndorf: Verlag Hofmann, 1994: 238-54.
    Search in Google Scholar
  32. 32. Bratina N, Hadžić V, Batellino T, Pistotnik B, Pori M, Šajber D. Slovenian guidelines for physical activity in children and adolescents in the age group 2-18 years. Zdrav Vestn 2011; 80, 885-96.
    Search in Google Scholar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2014-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Journal RSS Feed
Language: English, Slovenian
Page range: 11 - 16
Published on: Dec 13, 2013
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
prepubertal children,
motor development,
physical fitness tests,
physical activity,
motor competence,
anthropometry
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2013 Črtomir Matejek, Jurij Planinšec, Samo Fošnarič, Rado Pišot, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

Volume 53 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)
Previous article
Next article