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Body Composition and its relation to Cardio-Respiratory Fitness of Pre-school children.

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Search aim: The aim of the study is to describe the associations between body composition of  Egyptian pre-school children  and their cardiorespiratory fitness Curriculum used: Descriptive method Research Sample and Characteristics: The research sample was randomly chosen and consisted of (400) children who are members of the basic sample from pre-school children in kindergarten stage in Qaliubiya Governorate The most important results: 69.8 % of pre-school children are of abnormal weight (43% obese, 21.5% over-weight &5.3% under-weight). Pre-school children showed poor CRF and there is a strong inverse correlation between body composition measurements like ( body fat & water content) and respiratory fitness measurements like (VC, FVC, FEV1, PEF and VO2max).On the contrary , there is strong direct correlation between body composition and  SBP & DBP , MAP& resting pulse)(P<0.05). Conclusions: There is poor cardio-respiratory fitness among Egyptian pre-school children.

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10.21608/eijssa.2019.87543

Keywords

body composition, Relation, Cardio-Respiratory, fitness, pre-school children

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Hany M.Zakaria ,

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& Ehab M. Emadeldin

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Eman M. Araby

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Faculty of Physical Education for Boys - University of Benha – Egypt . 1 & 3 , Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Egypt . 2

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Benha

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04

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04

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13116

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2019-02-01

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2019-01-07

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2019-02-01

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88

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103

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3009-7401

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2356-9417

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1,147

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International Journal of Sports Science and Arts

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Body Composition and its relation to Cardio-Respiratory Fitness of Pre-school children.

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22 Jan 2023