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Motor Development

Does Weight Status Influence Associations Between Children's Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity?

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Pages 158-165
Published online: 23 Jan 2013

This study sought to determine whether weight status influences the association among children's fundamental movement skills (FMS) and physical activity (PA). Two hundred forty-eight children ages 9–12 years participated. Proficiency in three object-control skills and two locomotor skills was examined. Accelerometers objectively assessed physical activity. Body mass index was calculated to determine weight status. Correlations between physical activity and FMS proficiency were evident among boys and girls. No significant interaction was apparent when examining FMS proficiency scores, PA variables, and weight status. Future studies should examine a broader range of skills and types of activities to better characterize this relationship and to inform the promotion of movement skill proficiency and PA.

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Clare Hume

This study was funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. David Crawford is funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, and Jo Salmon is funded by the National Heart Foundation of Australia and sanofi-aventis. This study is part of the baseline measures taken as part of an intervention study; however, none of these findings have been reported elsewhere. Please address all correspondence concerning this article to Clare Hume, Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Victoria Australia, 3125.
 

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