Research Article
Functional Movement Is Negatively Associated with Weight Status and Positively Associated with Physical Activity in British Primary School Children
Table 1
Mean ± S.D. of total FMS score, physical activity (average steps/day), and BMI between gender and weight status groups.
| | Total FMS score | Physical activity | BMI | (0–21) | (Avg steps/day) | (kg/m2) | | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. |
| Boys () | 13.5 | 3.4 | 17480 | 4818 | 19.9 | 4.7 | Girls () | 14.5 | 2.8 | 15259 | 3585 | 19.1 | 2.9 | Normal weight () | 15.5 | 2.2 | 17078 | 4009 | 17.5 | 1.7 | Overweight/obese () | 10.6 | 2.1 | 14522 | 4602 | 23.3 | 0.9 |
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