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Strong inverse association between physical fitness and overweight in adolescents: a large school-based survey |
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| Authors: | Pascal Bovet Robert Auguste Hillary Burdette |
| Affiliation: | (1) Unit for Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease, Ministry of Health, Victoria, Republic of Seychelles;(2) Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland;(3) National Sports Council, Ministry of Arts, Culture and Sports, Victoria, Republic of Seychelles;(4) Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Room 1578, 34th and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA |
| Abstract: | BackgroundStudies examining the relationship between physical fitness and obesity in children have had mixed results despite their interrelationship making intuitive sense. We examined the relationship between physical fitness and overweight and obesity in a large sample of adolescents in the Republic of Seychelles (Indian Ocean, African region). |
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