The Effect of Fitness Management Class on Body Composition, Blood Pressure and Health-related Fitness in College Women

The present study examined the relationships among the AAHPERD Physical Best health related physical fitness test (HRPFT) items to resting blood pressure in 80 boys and 84 girls from the Lanciano, Italy, school system. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was significantly associated with age for both sexes. Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) for boys was found to be associated with fatness when age was held constant. To examine the relationship between blood pressure and the HRPFT, data were sorted into two groups of students passing or failing to meet the criterion-referenced standard (CRS) by 1-mile run performance and sum of skinfolds. SBP did not differ significantly between groups for either sex. Boys who failed to meet the CRS for 1-mile run performance showed a higher DBP of 4 mmHg when compared to boys who achieved the CRS. The group passing the aerobic fitness and body composition tests tended to perform better on all test items. With the possible exception of DBP for boys, it is concluded that performance on the Physical Best HRPFT is not associated with resting blood pressure in children and adolescents.

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Two-year longitudinal health-related fitness, anthropometry and body composition status amongst adolescents in Tlokwe Municipality: The PAHL Study

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ◽

10.4102/phcfm.v7i1.896 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Oluwatoyi O. Toriola ◽

Makama A. Monyeki ◽

Abel L. Toriola

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Body Composition ◽

Physical Fitness ◽

Physical Activity Intervention ◽

Positive Association ◽

Endurance Running ◽

Significant Positive Association ◽

Negatively Associated ◽

Health Related ◽

Health Related Fitness

Aim: To evaluate a two-year longitudinal development of health-related fitness, anthropometry and body composition status amongst adolescents in Tlokwe Municipality, Potchefstroom, South Africa.Setting: A total of 283 high-school learners (111 boys and 172 girls) of ages 14 and 15 years who were part of the ongoing Physical Activity and Health Longitudinal Study (PAHLS) participated in the study. For the purpose of the present study, data collected for 2011 and 2012 for anthropometric, body composition and health-related physical fitness were used.Results: Body mass index (BMI) classification of boys and girls for 2011 and 2012 showed that 24.3% of them were underweight compared with 21% in 2012. In 2011, 50% of boys and girls had normal bodyweight compared with 52% in 2012, whilst 25.5% of the total group of participants were overweight compared with 27% in 2012. Both boys and girls showed significant increases of 5.9% in body fat (BF) and 3.2 kg in body weight over two years’ measurements, respectively. Regarding health-related fitness (i.e BAH), boys showed an increase of 14.8 seconds whilst girls gained 9.6 seconds. Significant decreases were found for sit-ups in both boys and girls. A significant VO2max increase of 2.9 mL/kg/min. was found in boys over the time period. A non-significant decrease of -0.5 mL/kg/min. was observed in girls. Regression coefficients showed that changes in BMI were inversely associated with those in health-related physical fitness. The changes in percentage BF were negatively associated with standing broad jump (SBJ), bent arm hang (BAH) and VO2 max in both boys and girls. A low significant positive association was found between changes in waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and SBJ in both genders, whilst inverse low associations were found between WHtR and BAH in girls and for VO2max in both genders.Conclusion: Changes in BMI, %BF and WHtR were negatively associated with strength and running performances in the participating children. The relative increase in overweight, especially in girls, negatively affected their endurance running and static strength performances. The health implications of the observed findings are discussed and recommendations offered for physical activity intervention in school physical education (PE) programmes.

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Effect of 12 weeks Taekwondo Poomsae training on body composition, health-related fitness and dietary intake in male adolescents

TAEKWONDO JOURNAL OF KUKKIWON ◽

10.24881/tjk.2013.4.1.61 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 61-76

Author(s):

Jongkook Song ◽

강효정 ◽

정현철 ◽

김현배

Keyword(s):

Body Composition ◽

Dietary Intake ◽

Male Adolescents ◽

Health Related ◽

Health Related Fitness

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Fitness knowledge, cardiorespiratory endurance and body composition of high school students

Biomedical Human Kinetics ◽

10.2478/bhk-2013-0004 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 17-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Skip M. Williams ◽

Dan Phelps ◽

Kelly R. Laurson ◽

David Q. Thomas ◽

Dale D. Brown

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Body Composition ◽

High School Students ◽

Body Fat ◽

Aerobic Capacity ◽

Percent Body Fat ◽

School Students ◽

Health Related ◽

Exam Scores ◽

Health Related Fitness

Summary Study aim: The purpose of this study was to determine if high school physical education seniors’ health-related fitness knowledge is related to their aerobic capacity and body composition. Material and methods: The FitSmart test assessed students (n = 171) health-related fitness knowledge. Aerobic capacity was calculated based on the students PACER score. Body Composition was measured using the Tanita TBF 300A body composition analyzer. Results: Aerobic fitness was a statistically significant predictor of exam score (β = 0.563, p < 0.001), but percent body fat was not (β = 0.185, p =0.074). Comparing the health-related fitness exam scores by the FITNESSGRAM classification system, students who were classified as Very Lean and High Risk for body composition had lower exam scores than those classified in the healthy fitness zone. Conclusions: The results confirmed previous findings that students have inadequate health-related fitness knowledge. Furthermore, the study extends these findings by identifying some associations of percent body fat and estimated VO2max to health-related fitness knowledge.

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