Open AccessAssociation of eating habits and cardiorespiratory fitness with the nutritional status of students
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Miguel Angelo dos Santos Duarte,
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Adroaldo Cezar Araújo Gaya,
Camila Felin Fochesatto,
Augusto Pedretti,
Fernando Vian,
Jorge Mota,
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Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of physical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2448-2455
DOI - 10.4025/jphyseduc.v32i1.3278
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , body mass index , physical fitness , descriptive statistics , medicine , demography , regression analysis , association (psychology) , physical therapy , psychology , gerontology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , psychotherapist
The aim of this study was to verify whether there is an independent and combined association of eating habits and cardiorespiratory fitness with the nutritional status of schoolchildren. This is a cross-sectional study with 171 children (86 boys and 85 girls) aged six to 12 years, from a public school in Porto Alegre – RS. Eating habits were assessed using the Food Frequency Survey. Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed by the 6-minute running / walking test. The body mass index and cardiorespiratory fitness were evaluated following the protocols proposed by PROESP-BR. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, generalized linear regression models and two-way anova were used. Higher consumption of fruits (β: -1.24; CI: -2.42 -0.06) and lower consumption of sweets (β: -1.56; CI: -2.797 -0.34) are associated with lower mean BMI value. Still, children with adequate levels of APCR had lower values of body mass index (β: - 3.11; CI: -3.93 -2.29). When evaluated in a combined manner, eating habits and cardiorespiratory fitness had a greater influence on body mass index values. Therefore, adequate eating habits and satisfactory levels of CRP are associated with an adequate nutritional status.