- Title
- Does weight status influence associations between children's fundamental movement skills and physical activity?
- Creator
- Hume, Clare; Okely, Anthony; Bagley, Sarah; Telford, Amanda; Booth, Michael; Crawford, David; Salmon, Jo
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/33263
- Identifier
- vital:421
- Identifier
- ISSN:0270-1367
- Abstract
- This study sought to determine whether weight status influences the association among children's fundamental movement skills (EMS) and physical activity (PA). Two hundred forty-eight children ages 9-12 years participated. Proficiency in three object-control skills and two locomotor skills was examined. Accelerometers objectively assessed physical activity. Body mass index was calculated to determine weight status. Correlations between physical activity and FMS proficiency were evident among boys and girls. No significant interaction was apparent when examining FMS proficiency scores, PA variables, and weight status. Future studies should examine a broader range of skills and types of activities to better characterize this relationship and to inform the promotion of movement skill proficiency and PA.; C1
- Publisher
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
- Relation
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Vol. 79, no. 2 (Jun 2008), p. 158-165
- Rights
- Copyright American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; Gender differences; Young children; Motor skills; Adolescents; Performance; Obesity
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