Publicación: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY MASS INDEX AND LOCOMOTION SKILLS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
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2024
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SPORTIS-SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL JOURNAL OF SCHOOL SPORT PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND PSYCHOMOTRICITY
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BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IS A WIDELY USED INDICATOR IN PEDIATRIC POPULATIONS. STUDIES LINK A HIGH BMI WITH LOWER MOTOR COORDINATION AND RISK OF OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN.TO RELATE BMI WITH LOCOMOTION SKILLS (LH) IN SCHOOLCHILDREN OF BOTH SEXES FROM A STATE SCHOOL IN CHILE. 70 SCHOOLCHILDREN (35 BOYS AND 35 GIRLS) WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 10.1 +/- 0.37 YEARS BELONGING TO MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED. WEIGHT AND HEIGHT WERE EVALUATED WITH THE AIM OF CALCULATING THE BMI CATEGORIZING BY INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE HL WAS EVALUATED BY MEANS OF THE TGMD-2 TEST. STUDENT
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schoolchildren, motor skills, locomotor skills, body mass index
