Body Composition, Fitness, and Mental Health in Preadolescent Children.

ABSTRACT: There is an increasing prevalence of poor fitness, concurrent with rising obesity, anxiety, and depression among children in the US. However, the association of fitness, adiposity, and lean tissue with anxiety and depression in preadolescent children is understudied. To estimate differences in the association between specific tissues (adipose and lean tissue) and cardiorespiratory fitness with anxiety and depression symptoms among children. Cross-sectional study between 2019 and 2023. Participants were a volunteer sample of children aged 8 to 11 years from the Greater Boston, Massachusetts, region without prior mental health diagnosis. Body composition assessed via dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (body fat percentage [BF%], visceral adipose tissue [VAT], and lean mass) and cardiorespirato

SUBMITTER: Braun B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381672 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature