Open AccessPOVEZANOST FIZIČKE AKTIVNOSTI I TELESNE KOMPOZICIJE DECE ŠKOLSKOG UZRASTA
Author(s) -
Saša Pantelić,
Anđela Đošić
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
facta universitatis. series, teaching, learning and teacher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2560-4619
pISSN - 2560-4600
DOI - 10.22190/futlte1802137p
Subject(s) - physical activity , lean body mass , demography , canonical correlation , correlation , psychology , body mass index , sample (material) , medicine , physical therapy , mathematics , statistics , body weight , physics , thermodynamics , geometry , sociology
The aim of this research was to determine the connection between the level of physical activity and body composition among school-age children. The sample of participants included 479 students, 250 boys and 229 girls, school-age children, with an average age of 12,5±1,08. Their level of physical activity was evaluated using the FELS PAQ questionnaire, while their body composition was evaluated using the BIA method. To determine a connection between the group of predictor variables and the criterion variables, a canonical correlation analysis was used. The obtained results indicated that there is a positive correlation between the level of physical activity and the parameters of body composition, both for the sample of school-age boys (p= .002), and the sample of girls (p= .048). It could be concluded that the participants who were physically more active scored lower values for Body Fat and BMI, that is, higher values for Muscle Mass and Lean Body Mass.