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International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity

BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health; and compared with their normal-weight peers, these individuals tend to have a lower level of self-confidence, and consequently lower physical activity adherence. Due to these self...

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Autores principales: Puci, Mariangela Valentina, Cavallo, Caterina, Gatti, Alessandro, Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria, Lucini, Daniela, Calcaterra, Valeria, Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo, Lovecchio, Nicola, Vandoni, Matteo
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547723
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15765
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author Puci, Mariangela Valentina
Cavallo, Caterina
Gatti, Alessandro
Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria
Lucini, Daniela
Calcaterra, Valeria
Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo
Lovecchio, Nicola
Vandoni, Matteo
author_facet Puci, Mariangela Valentina
Cavallo, Caterina
Gatti, Alessandro
Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria
Lucini, Daniela
Calcaterra, Valeria
Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo
Lovecchio, Nicola
Vandoni, Matteo
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description BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health; and compared with their normal-weight peers, these individuals tend to have a lower level of self-confidence, and consequently lower physical activity adherence. Due to these self-perceived barriers, the aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of an online training program on self-reported physical fitness (SRPF) in children with obesity (OB). METHODS: A total of 32 children with OB carried out physical fitness (PF) tests and were asked to complete the International Fitness Enjoyment Scale (IFIS) questionnaire. The physical fitness tests were the Standing Broad Jump (SBJ), the 6-Min Walking Test (6MWT) and the 4 × 10 m sprint test. Children participated in a 3-weekly 60-min training session through Zoom platform. Before the beginning of the training protocol, OB children were compared with normal weight (NW) ones for PF batteries and the IFIS questionnaire. Changes in performances after the training were assessed by paired Student t and Wilcoxon tests. RESULTS: After the online training program children increased their performance in 6MWT (mean difference (MD) = 54.93; p < 0.0001) in SBJ (MD = 10.00; p = 0.0001) and in 4 × 10 m sprint test (MD = −0.78; p < 0.0001). No differences were found in children’s physical fitness perception. DISCUSSION: Our study highlighted how a structured online training program can lead to improvements in PF of children with OB. Instead, the lack of differences in SRPF after the training suggests interesting questions to be explored on the aspects linked to self-perception. Therefore, even if our training protocol could not directly improve SRPF in children with obesity, the enhancement of their PF could be a starting point for achieving this result with a longer training period and consequently improve PA participation for children with OB.
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spelling pubmed-103995612023-08-04 International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity Puci, Mariangela Valentina Cavallo, Caterina Gatti, Alessandro Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria Lucini, Daniela Calcaterra, Valeria Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo Lovecchio, Nicola Vandoni, Matteo PeerJ Kinesiology BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health; and compared with their normal-weight peers, these individuals tend to have a lower level of self-confidence, and consequently lower physical activity adherence. Due to these self-perceived barriers, the aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of an online training program on self-reported physical fitness (SRPF) in children with obesity (OB). METHODS: A total of 32 children with OB carried out physical fitness (PF) tests and were asked to complete the International Fitness Enjoyment Scale (IFIS) questionnaire. The physical fitness tests were the Standing Broad Jump (SBJ), the 6-Min Walking Test (6MWT) and the 4 × 10 m sprint test. Children participated in a 3-weekly 60-min training session through Zoom platform. Before the beginning of the training protocol, OB children were compared with normal weight (NW) ones for PF batteries and the IFIS questionnaire. Changes in performances after the training were assessed by paired Student t and Wilcoxon tests. RESULTS: After the online training program children increased their performance in 6MWT (mean difference (MD) = 54.93; p < 0.0001) in SBJ (MD = 10.00; p = 0.0001) and in 4 × 10 m sprint test (MD = −0.78; p < 0.0001). No differences were found in children’s physical fitness perception. DISCUSSION: Our study highlighted how a structured online training program can lead to improvements in PF of children with OB. Instead, the lack of differences in SRPF after the training suggests interesting questions to be explored on the aspects linked to self-perception. Therefore, even if our training protocol could not directly improve SRPF in children with obesity, the enhancement of their PF could be a starting point for achieving this result with a longer training period and consequently improve PA participation for children with OB. PeerJ Inc. 2023-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10399561/ /pubmed/37547723 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15765 Text en © 2023 Puci et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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Puci, Mariangela Valentina
Cavallo, Caterina
Gatti, Alessandro
Carnevale Pellino, Vittoria
Lucini, Daniela
Calcaterra, Valeria
Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo
Lovecchio, Nicola
Vandoni, Matteo
International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity
title International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity
title_full International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity
title_fullStr International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity
title_full_unstemmed International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity
title_short International fitness scale (IFIS): association with motor performance in children with obesity
title_sort international fitness scale (ifis): association with motor performance in children with obesity
topic Kinesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547723
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15765
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