Age, Ethnic and Gender Differences in Physical Fitness of Middle-School Children in East Texas

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mel E. Finkenberg ◽  
James M. Dinucci
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Black Children ◽  
East Texas ◽  
Middle School Children ◽  
Rural School District ◽  
Physical Measurements ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Gender

This research studied the health-related physical fitness status of boys and girls in Grades 5 and 6 in a rural school district in East Texas in an examination of possible age, ethnic, and gender differences. A three-way multivariate analysis of variance was conducted with gender, ethnicity, and age as the independent variables and nine physical measurements as the dependent variables. Height was the most important discriminating physical measurement, with girls significantly taller than boys at ages 10 and 11 and with boys significantly taller than girls at age 13. Canonical discriminant function separated black children from both Caucasian and Hispanic children in height, weight, mile run, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure.

scholarly journals Association between Health-Related Physical Fitness and Respiratory Diseases in Adolescents: An Age- and Gender-Matched Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6655
Author(s):  
Jeong-Hui Park ◽  
Myong-Won Seo ◽  
Hyun Chul Jung ◽  
Jong-Kook Song ◽  
Jung-Min Lee
Keyword(s):  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Muscular Strength ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
General Group ◽  
Cardiovascular Endurance ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Matched Study

The current study examined the differences in health-related physical fitness (HRPF), physical activity (PA), and sedentary behavior (SB) between adolescents with and without ongoing respiratory diseases (RD). This study’s participants were from 12 to 15 years old (7th–10th grade) in South Korea. Adolescents with RD were selected through RD-related questions (i.e., asthma, rhinitis, sinusitis, and bronchitis) (n = 139); in contrast, adolescents without RD, randomly selected from the general group, responded to any health problem-related questions as “No” (n = 139). HRPF was measured based on the FITNESSGRAM and EURO FIT test batteries and the measurements of HRPF included cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. All statistical analyses were conducted by SPSS 25.0, and the independent t-test was used to compare the HRPF and PA between the two groups. Moreover, the measured HRPF was compared with a series of analyses of three-way ANOVAs (age × gender × group). Adolescents with RD had a positive association with less participation in PA (p < 0.05; RD: 3081.81 ± 4793.37; general: 2073.64 ± 3123.47) and with more time spent on SB (above 12 h per week: RD group (38.85%) and general group (33.09%)). Furthermore, adolescents in the RD group showed significant effects on all components of HRPF (p < 0.05). Our study confirmed that HRPF is an essential predictor of adolescents’ health outcomes, especially for those with RD. We suggest that increased HRPF can be an effective treatment for respiratory diseases in adolescents, and health practitioners should pay more attention to helping adolescents with RD to gain or maintain high HRPF.

scholarly journals Ethnic and Gender Differences in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Trajectories

Circulation ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 114 (25) ◽  
pp. 2780-2787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Wang ◽  
Joseph C. Poole ◽  
Frank A. Treiber ◽  
Gregory A. Harshfield ◽  
Coral D. Hanevold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Ambulatory Blood Pressure ◽  
And Gender

Relations Between Sedentary Behavior and FITNESSGRAM Healthy Fitness Zone Achievement and Physical Activity

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1006-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob S. Tucker ◽  
Scott Martin ◽  
Allen W. Jackson ◽  
James R. Morrow ◽  
Christy A. Greenleaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Middle School Children ◽  
Physical Activity Guidelines ◽  
Health Related ◽  
National Physical Activity

Purpose:To investigate the relations between sedentary behaviors and health-related physical fitness and physical activity in middle school boys and girls.Methods:Students (n = 1515) in grades 6–8 completed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey sedentary behavior questions, the FITNESSGRAM physical fitness items, and FITNESSGRAM physical activity self-report questions.Results:When students reported ≤ 2 hours per day of sedentary behaviors, their odds of achieving the FITNESSGRAM Healthy Fitness Zone for aerobic capacity, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition increased. Similarly, the odds of achieving physical activity guidelines for children increased when students reported ≤ 2 hours per day of sedentary behaviors.Conclusions:Results illustrate the importance of keeping sedentary behaviors to ≤ 2 hours per day in middle school children, thus increasing the odds that the student will achieve sufficient health-related fitness benefits and be more likely to achieve the national physical activity guidelines.

A Developmental Analysis of Gender Differences in Health Related Physical Fitness

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry R. Thomas ◽  
Jack K. Nelson ◽  
Gabie Church
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
School Time ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Developmental Analysis ◽  
Activity Information

Data for the analysis were the health related fitness scores, anthropometric measures, and physical activity information from the National Children and Youth Fitness Study. The subjects were 6,800 boys and 6,523 girls, ages 6 through 18. Multiple regression produced linear composites that were used as covariates to evaluate physical and environmental characteristics that relate to gender differences. The distance runs, chin-ups, and sit-ups displayed similar patterns in gender differences across age. Before puberty the important covariates are mainly physical, namely skinfolds. Following puberty the major factors that reduce gender differences are skinfolds and the amount of exercise done outside of school time.

Abstract P007: Age and Gender Differences in Response to Repeat Blood Pressure Measurement After Brief Rest Period

Circulation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 139 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarina Sachdev ◽  
Hassan Tahir ◽  
Landai Nguyen ◽  
Bassam Omar ◽  
Christopher Malozzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Pressure Measurement ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Rest Period ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Age And Gender Differences ◽  
And Gender
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