Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Children
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 281
Special Issue Editors
Interests: experience in volleyball performance in youth and elite athletes; sports pedagogy; physical fitness and motor competence in youth and young athletes
Interests: experience in physical education in youth and young; fitness instructor, personal training and exercise is medicine; with work as advisor, personal trainer; sports teacher; strength and condition coach in youth and young athletes; physical fitness and motor competence in youth and young athletes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, there has been a growing concern related to physical fitness and body composition in children. This has become more relevant due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A sedentary lifestyle in children and young people and its influence on body composition and, consequently, on their health calls for deeper investigation in this area. Thus, the need to develop theories, deepen knowledge, and present new data that can alert and lead to an improvement in physical fitness and body composition in children is transversal throughout the world.
This Special Issue seeks papers on physical fitness and body composition and its links to other health habits and wellbeing. Papers that are linked to the school and/or sports environment are especially welcomed, but longitudinal studies on the topic are also warmly welcomed. Systematic reviews will also be considered.
Dr. Ricardo Lima
Dr. Bruno André Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- physical fitness
- body composition
- youth and young
- motor development
- sedentary
- health
- youth sports
- elementary students
- preschool children
- nutrition
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