Cardiorespiratory fitness and academic performance association is mediated by weight status in adolescents: DADOS study
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Cardiorespiratory fitness and academic performance association is mediated by weight status in adolescents: DADOS studyAuthor (s)
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2018-07Publisher
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BELTRÁN VALLS, María Reyes, ADELANTADO RENAU, Mireia, CASTRO PIÑERO, José, SÁNCHEZ LÓPEZ, Mairena; MOLINER URDIALES, Diego, (2018). Cardiorespiratory fitness and academic performance association is mediated by weight status in adolescents: DADOS study. European Journal of Pediatrics, v. 177, Issue 7, p. 1037–1043Type
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Abstract
The aim of our study was to examine the mediation effect of weight status on the association between cardiorespiratory fitness
(CRF) and academic performance (AP). Two hundred sixty-nine adolescents (140 boys) aged ... [+]
The aim of our study was to examine the mediation effect of weight status on the association between cardiorespiratory fitness
(CRF) and academic performance (AP). Two hundred sixty-nine adolescents (140 boys) aged 13.9 ± 0.3 years old from the
DADOS study were included in this cross-sectional analysis. CRF was assessed by the 20-m shuttle run test and estimated
maximum oxygen uptake was used in the analysis. AP was assessed through the final academic grades and the Science Research
Associates Test of Educational Abilities for assessing reasoning, verbal, and numeric abilities. Weight status was assessed by
body mass index (kg/m
2
). Boot-strapped mediation procedures were performed and indirect effects (IE) with confidence intervals
(CI) not including zero were considered statistically significant. Mediation analysis revealed that weight status acted as a mediator
of the relationship of CRF with reasoning ability (IE = 0.039; CI = 0.001; 0.091) and the final grades in Math (IE = 0.011; CI =
0.002; 0.025), Language (IE = 0.013; CI = 0.004; 0.027), and GPA (IE = 0.011; CI = 0.003; 0.023).
Conclusions
: Our data show that the influence of CRF on academic performance is mediated by weight status in adolescents.
We suggest that our data could be considered by educators, families, and policy makers, so that active lifestyles might be
promoted when designing programs aimed to improve AP among adolescents. [-]
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European Journal of Pediatrics (2018), v. 177, Issue 7Investigation project
DADOS Study is funded by 1) the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, 2) MINECO (DEP2013-45515-R) and by 3) the Jaume I University of Castellon, UJI (P1·1A2015-05); 4) This work is partly sup- ported by a Sunny Sport research grant from the Schweppes Suntory Spain Company; 5) M.A.R is supported by a Predoctoral Research Grant from UJI (PREDOC/2015/13).Rights
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