Underweight children are agile but lack power
Abstract Given the knowledge gap in literature on the impact of undernutrition on muscular power and agility in school-aged children, the aim of this study was to compare physical fitness in such underweight- and normal weight children. In this cross-sectional study, 853 children were included (459...
Main Authors: | Evi Verbecque, Dané Coetzee, Bouwien Smits-Engelsman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-08-01
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Series: | BMC Pediatrics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03544-3 |
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