Sandercock, G and Voss, C and McConnell, D and Rayner, P (2010) Ten year secular declines in the cardiorespiratory fitness of affluent English children are largely independent of changes in body mass index. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 95 (1). pp. 46-47. DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.162107
Sandercock, G and Voss, C and McConnell, D and Rayner, P (2010) Ten year secular declines in the cardiorespiratory fitness of affluent English children are largely independent of changes in body mass index. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 95 (1). pp. 46-47. DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.162107
Sandercock, G and Voss, C and McConnell, D and Rayner, P (2010) Ten year secular declines in the cardiorespiratory fitness of affluent English children are largely independent of changes in body mass index. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 95 (1). pp. 46-47. DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.162107
Abstract
Secular changes in body mass index (BMI) and cardiorespiratory fitness (20 m shuttle-run test performance) were assessed in 10-year-old children from an affluent area of England in 1998 (n=303; 158 boys and 145 girls) and 2008 (n=315; 158 boys and 157 girls). Girls' BMI did not change over the 10 year period. There was a significant increase in boys' BMI (p=0.02). Cardiorespiratory fitness declined significantly (p<0.001) in both boys (7%) and girls (9%). This study shows a large and worrying decline in cardiorespiratory fitness in children from an affluent area of England.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Exercise Test; Anthropometry; Body Mass Index; Health Surveys; Socioeconomic Factors; Physical Fitness; Child; England; Female; Male; Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2011 21:05 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2024 07:53 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/949 |