RT Journal Article
T1 [Influence of overweight and obesity on strength in childhood].
T2 Influencia del sobrepeso y la obesidad sobre la fuerza en la infancia.
A1 Fernández-García, José Carlos
A1 Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso
A1 Onetti, Wanesa
K1 Fuerza. Dinamometría. Condición física. Obesidad. Infancia.
AB Introduction: overweight and obesity reach a high prevalence since childhood in Spain. Objective: to describe the effect of overweight and obesity, in schoolchildren of eleven years of age, in tests that assess the strength of both the lower and upper extremities, as well as speed. Method: four hundred and twenty-three schoolchildren of eleven years of age participated in the study. Basic anthropometric characteristics were obtained and several tests of the EUROFIT battery were developed. Results: normal-weight boys and girls had better scores in physical condition tests in general. Therefore, the vertical and horizontal jumps, bar suspension and abdominals were higher in the participants with normal-weight (p
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14501
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14501
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RD Apr 18, 2025