PMID- 24326383
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150204
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1432-1076 (Electronic)
IS  - 0340-6199 (Linking)
VI  - 173
IP  - 6
DP  - 2014 Jun
TI  - Excess of weight, but not underweight, is associated with poor physical fitness 
      in children and adolescents from Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
PG  - 727-35
LID - 10.1007/s00431-013-2233-y [doi]
AB  - We estimated the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity of children 
      and adolescents from Castilla-La Mancha region (Spain), applying the new 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 2012 criteria, and analysed differences 
      in physical fitness components in relation to weight status. The sample was 2,330 
      schoolchildren aged 6-17 years. We measured height and weight, calculated body 
      mass index (BMI) and assessed physical fitness using four tests included in the 
      EUROFIT battery. Differences in physical fitness components across BMI 
      categories, by sex, were calculated using ANOVA models. In children aged 6-11 
      years, 4.9 % were underweight, 26.7 % overweight and 11.0 % obese; in adolescents 
      aged 12-17 years, 6.4 % were underweight, 16.7 % overweight and 5.8 % obese. 
      Overall, overweight and obesity were associated with worse physical fitness but 
      students in the underweight category did not score worse than their normal weight 
      counterparts on fitness tests. CONCLUSION: Childhood obesity in Spain remains a 
      public health problem. Our results show low physical fitness levels in 
      overweight/obese children and adolescents and low levels of handgrip strength in 
      underweight adolescents compared with normal weight subjects. Exercise programmes 
      must be tailored to the specific needs of the subjects according to the different 
      weight status.
FAU - Gulias-Gonzalez, Roberto
AU  - Gulias-Gonzalez R
AD  - School of Education, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ronda de Calatrava, 3, 
      13071, Ciudad Real, Spain, Roberto.Gulias@uclm.es.
FAU - Martinez-Vizcaino, Vicente
AU  - Martinez-Vizcaino V
FAU - Garcia-Prieto, Jorge Canete
AU  - Garcia-Prieto JC
FAU - Diez-Fernandez, Ana
AU  - Diez-Fernandez A
FAU - Olivas-Bravo, Angel
AU  - Olivas-Bravo A
FAU - Sanchez-Lopez, Mairena
AU  - Sanchez-Lopez M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Observational Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20131211
PL  - Germany
TA  - Eur J Pediatr
JT  - European journal of pediatrics
JID - 7603873
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Body Weights and Measures
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - *Physical Fitness
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Spain/epidemiology
MH  - Thinness/*epidemiology
EDAT- 2013/12/12 06:00
MHDA- 2015/02/05 06:00
CRDT- 2013/12/12 06:00
PHST- 2013/07/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/11/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/12/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/12/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/02/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s00431-013-2233-y [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Pediatr. 2014 Jun;173(6):727-35. doi: 10.1007/s00431-013-2233-y. Epub 2013 
      Dec 11.