School and Neighborhood Predictors of Physical Fitness in Elementary School Students

Autor/inn/en	Kahan, David; McKenzie, Thomas L.
Titel	School and Neighborhood Predictors of Physical Fitness in Elementary School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 87 (2017) 6, S.448-456 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kahan, David)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12516
Schlagwörter	Physical Fitness; Risk; Body Composition; Tests; Databases; Scores; Physical Activities; Correlation; Grade 5; Elementary School Students; Neighborhoods; Least Squares Statistics; Lunch Programs; Predictor Variables; Mathematics Achievement; Hispanic American Students; Community Characteristics; California (San Diego) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsfähigkeit; Risiko; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Datenbank; Korrelation; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Mittagessen; Prädiktor; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Background: We assessed the associations of 5 school and 7 neighborhood variables with fifth-grade students achieving Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ) or Needs Improvement-Health Risk (NI-HR) on aerobic capacity (AC) and body composition (BC) physical fitness components of the state-mandated FITNESSGRAM® physical fitness test. Methods: Data for outcome (physical fitness) and predictor (school and neighborhood) variables were extracted from various databases (eg, Data Quest, Walk Score®) for 160 schools located in San Diego, California. Predictor variables that were at least moderately correlated (\|r\| = .30) with =1 outcome variables in univariate analyses were retained for ordinary least squares regression analyses. Results: The mean percentages of students achieving HFZ AC (65.7%) and BC (63.5%) were similar (t = 1.13, p = 0.26), while those for NI-HR zones were significantly different (AC = 6.0% vs BC = 18.6%; t = 12.60, p < 0.001). Correlations were greater in magnitude for school than neighborhood demographics and stronger for BC than AC. The school variables free/reduced-price lunch (negative) and math achievement (positive) predicted fitness scores. Among neighborhood variables, percent Hispanic predicted failure of meeting the HFZ BC criterion. Conclusions: Creating school and neighborhood environments conducive to promoting physical activity and improving fitness is warranted. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01