Association between BMI and health-related physical fitness: A cross-sectional study in Chinese high school students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing studies reporting on the levels of physical fitness among high school students use relatively few fitness tests for indicators of physical fitness, thus, incomprehensively evaluating the levels of physical fitness. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and physical fitness index (PFI) by investigating five physical fitness indicators and calculating PHI.

Method

Anthropometric measurements and indicators from five measures of physical fitness (50-m sprint, sit and reach, standing long jump, 800/1,000-m run, pull-up/bent-leg sit-up) were assessed. BMI was calculated to classify individuals into underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese categories. Z-scores based on sex-specific mean and standard dev

SUBMITTER: Qin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9773132 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature