Linear/nonlinear relations of activity and fitness with children's academic achievement.

ABSTRACT:

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A growing research base suggests that the benefits of physical activity (PA) and aerobic fitness for children extend beyond overall health/well-being to include academic achievement (AA). The majority of research studies on relations of PA and fitness with AA have used linear-only analytic approaches, thereby precluding the possibility that PA and fitness could have a differing effect on AA for those more/less active or fit.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate both linear and nonlinear associations of PA and aerobic fitness with children's AA among a sample of 687 second and third grade students from 17 Midwest schools.

Study design

Using baseline data (fall 2011) from a larger 3-yr intervention trial, multilevel regression analyses examined the linear a

SUBMITTER: Hansen DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4211996 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature