Effects of body mass index and extracurricular sports activities on physical fitness in school-aged children
The hypotheses that both additional physical activity and BMI will influence children's fitness, and that 4 months of schooling will have a positive effect on improving students' fitness, were confirmed. Hand-grip strength was found to be a determinant of better performance in almost all other fitness tests.
Authors
- Bartosz Aniśko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1688-7684)
- Małgorzata Wójcik
- Kacper Bernatowicz
Institutions
- Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim (PL)
- The Jacob of Paradies University (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1578304
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.33