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Direct linkMaria Kasanen; Arto Laukkanen; Donna Niemistö; Asko Tolvanen; Francisco Ortega; Arja Sääkslahti – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
The worldwide increase in childhood overweight and obesity underscores the need to study variables like fundamental movement skill (FMS) levels from early childhood. This study investigated the bidirectional longitudinal relationship between body mass index (BMI) and process-oriented FMSs, including locomotor skills and object control skills in…
Descriptors: Time, Body Composition, Psychomotor Skills, Children
Slotte, Sari; Kukkonen-Harjula, Katriina; Rinne, Marjo; Valtonen, Juha; Rintala, Pauli – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Purpose: To examine the associations between muscular fitness (MF) and body composition. Method: MF was assessed with three tests of FitnessGram test battery. Total body fat percentage (BF%), abdominal fat percentage (AF%) and fat-free mass (FFM) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The IOTF body mass index (BMI) cut-offs were…
Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Muscular Strength, Physical Fitness
