The Effect of Place of Residence on Physical Fitness and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in 3–5-Year-Old Girls and Boys: Urban vs. Rural
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sex Differences
3.2. Main Effect of Residence
3.3. Main Effect of Age
3.4. Age–Residence Interaction
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Girls (n = 167) | Boys (n = 196) | |
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Age (years) | 4.0 ± 0.8 | 4.1 ± 0.8 |
Weight (kg) | 19.0 ± 4.3 | 19.2 ± 3.7 |
Height (cm) | 108.1 ± 8.6 | 109.8 ± 8.1 |
BMI (kg·m−2) | 16.0 ± 1.9 | 15.9 ± 2.0 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 55.7 ± 8.9 | 54.3 ± 6.8 |
MBTT (cm) | 115 ± 39 | 125 ± 44 |
Flamingo (n) | 6.7 ± 8.6 | 8.5 ± 10.0 |
Ball bouncing (cm) | 6.9 ± 6.1 | 9.2 ± 6.2 |
25 m sprint (s) | 8.0 ± 1.9 | 7.4 ± 1.5 |
Lateral jump (n) | 9.9 ± 4.6 | 9.5 ± 4.5 |
SBJ (cm) | 75.6 ± 24.4 | 85.1 ± 26.1 |
Crawling (s) | 15.0 ± 6.9 | 12.7 ± 4.7 |
SRT (m) | 260 ± 58 | 275 ± 66 |
Adherence to Mediterranean Diet | ||||||
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Good (n) | Good (%) | Average (n) | Average (%) | Poor (n) | Poor (%) | |
Sex | ||||||
Girls (n = 134) | 60 | 44.8 | 67 | 50.0 | 7 | 5.2 |
Boys (n = 158) | 81 | 51.3 | 77 | 48.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Age (years) | ||||||
3 (n = 74) | 47 | 63.5 | 27 | 36.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
4 (n = 119) | 54 | 45.4 | 60 | 50.4 | 5 | 4.2 |
5 (n = 98) | 40 | 40.8 | 56 | 57.1 | 2 | 2.0 |
Residence | ||||||
Urban (n = 203) | 97 | 47.8 | 103 | 50.7 | 3 | 1.5 |
Rural (n = 89) | 44 | 49.4 | 41 | 46.1 | 4 | 4.5 |
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Torres-Luque, G.; Hernández-García, R.; Ortega-Toro, E.; Nikolaidis, P.T. The Effect of Place of Residence on Physical Fitness and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in 3–5-Year-Old Girls and Boys: Urban vs. Rural. Nutrients 2018, 10, 1855. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10121855
Torres-Luque G, Hernández-García R, Ortega-Toro E, Nikolaidis PT. The Effect of Place of Residence on Physical Fitness and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in 3–5-Year-Old Girls and Boys: Urban vs. Rural. Nutrients. 2018; 10(12):1855. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10121855
Chicago/Turabian StyleTorres-Luque, Gema, Raquel Hernández-García, Enrique Ortega-Toro, and Pantelis T. Nikolaidis. 2018. "The Effect of Place of Residence on Physical Fitness and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in 3–5-Year-Old Girls and Boys: Urban vs. Rural" Nutrients 10, no. 12: 1855. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10121855
APA StyleTorres-Luque, G., Hernández-García, R., Ortega-Toro, E., & Nikolaidis, P. T. (2018). The Effect of Place of Residence on Physical Fitness and Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in 3–5-Year-Old Girls and Boys: Urban vs. Rural. Nutrients, 10(12), 1855. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10121855