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Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness, attitude toward physical education, and physical activity

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness (PAF knowledge), attitude toward physical education (PE), and physical activity. METHODS: A total of 343 middle school students participated i...

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Autores principales: Chen, Senlin, Gu, Xiangli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29463218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5176-4
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description BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness (PAF knowledge), attitude toward physical education (PE), and physical activity. METHODS: A total of 343 middle school students participated in the study (Age: M/SD = 12.76/.94, ranging from 11 to 14 years old). PE Metrics™ was used to measure PAF knowledge, and Attitude toward Physical Education Questionnaire and Youth Activity Profile were used to measure attitude, physical activity and sedentary behavior. Fitness and weight status were assessed using FitnessGram and converted to in Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ) or Not in HFZ. RESULTS: Two-way multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA; gender and grade as covariates) showed a significant group effect for cardiorespiratory fitness (Λ(Pilla) = .07, F(4,255) = 5.03, p = .001, [Formula: see text] = .07) but not for weight status (p = .57). PAF knowledge (F(1,258) = 9.49, p < .01, [Formula: see text] = .04), attitude (F(1,258) = 4.45, p < .05, [Formula: see text] = .02) and sedentary behavior (F(1,258) = 6.89, p < .01, [Formula: see text] = .03) all favored the HFZ group. CONCLUSIONS: The findings reinforce the importance of promoting cardiorespiratory fitness in middle school PE as students acquire attitude, knowledge, and behaviors needed for active-living.
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spelling pubmed-58196502018-02-26 Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness, attitude toward physical education, and physical activity Chen, Senlin Gu, Xiangli BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness (PAF knowledge), attitude toward physical education (PE), and physical activity. METHODS: A total of 343 middle school students participated in the study (Age: M/SD = 12.76/.94, ranging from 11 to 14 years old). PE Metrics™ was used to measure PAF knowledge, and Attitude toward Physical Education Questionnaire and Youth Activity Profile were used to measure attitude, physical activity and sedentary behavior. Fitness and weight status were assessed using FitnessGram and converted to in Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ) or Not in HFZ. RESULTS: Two-way multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA; gender and grade as covariates) showed a significant group effect for cardiorespiratory fitness (Λ(Pilla) = .07, F(4,255) = 5.03, p = .001, [Formula: see text] = .07) but not for weight status (p = .57). PAF knowledge (F(1,258) = 9.49, p < .01, [Formula: see text] = .04), attitude (F(1,258) = 4.45, p < .05, [Formula: see text] = .02) and sedentary behavior (F(1,258) = 6.89, p < .01, [Formula: see text] = .03) all favored the HFZ group. CONCLUSIONS: The findings reinforce the importance of promoting cardiorespiratory fitness in middle school PE as students acquire attitude, knowledge, and behaviors needed for active-living. BioMed Central 2018-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5819650/ /pubmed/29463218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5176-4 Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_full Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness, attitude toward physical education, and physical activity
title_fullStr Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness, attitude toward physical education, and physical activity
title_full_unstemmed Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness, attitude toward physical education, and physical activity
title_short Effects of cardiorespiratory fitness and weight status on knowledge of physical activity and fitness, attitude toward physical education, and physical activity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29463218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5176-4
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