TY - JOUR
A2 - Aihara, Ken-ichi
AU - Cruz Estrada, Flor de Maria
AU - Tlatempa Sotelo, Patricia
AU - Valdes-Ramos, Roxana
AU - Hernández Murúa, José Aldo
AU - Manjarrez-Montes-de-Oca, Rafael
PY - 2017
DA - 2017/08/06
TI - Overweight or Obesity, Gender, and Age Influence on High School Students of the City of Toluca’s Physical Fitness
SP - 9546738
VL - 2017
AB - Material and Method. This is a prospective, cross-sectional, and correlational study with a probabilistic sampling in which 150 teenagers from three different high schools from the city of Toluca, Mexico, aged 15–17, were assessed. Objective. To determine if weight, age, and gender have an influence on physical fitness evaluated with the EUROFIT and ALPHA-FITNESS batteries. Results. Women have a higher overweight and obesity rate than men (3 : 1). Adolescents who have normal weight have regular physical fitness (74.9%). When comparing genders we found that men have a higher mean than women in the tests, except for skinfold thickness and waist circumference. Age was only correlated with the plate tapping test (p=0.001). There are significant differences in the standing broad jump test and the Course-Navette of the EUROFIT and ALPHA-FITNESS batteries (p=0.000). Conclusions. It is likely that regular physical activity, and not normal weight, helps generate healthy physical fitness. Male subjects had a higher mean than women, reporting a better physical fitness and more frequent physical activity.
SN - 2314-6133
UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/9546738
DO - 10.1155/2017/9546738
JF - BioMed Research International
PB - Hindawi
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