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  • Pediatric Health
  • Sports Medicine
  • Public Health

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  • Childhood obesity prevalence is increasing globally and in Chile.
  • Obesity is negatively associated with physical fitness in children.
  • Understanding these associations is crucial for public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess physical performance in schoolchildren.
  • To correlate physical performance with overweight, obesity, and cardiometabolic risk.
  • To identify key indicators of poor physical health in youth.

Main Methods:

  • Study involved 342 schoolchildren aged 11–16 years.
  • Evaluated anthropometric measures (BMI, body fat percentage, waist circumference).
  • Assessed physical fitness using tests like long jump, sit-ups, push-ups, Cafras test, and Navette test.

Main Results:

  • Schoolchildren with overweight and obesity (48.3%) exhibited increased anthropometric measures and decreased physical performance.
  • Impaired cardiorespiratory capacity (Cafras and Navette tests) was significantly associated with cardiometabolic risk (OR=9.29).
  • Alterations in both cardiorespiratory tests strongly correlated with overweight/obesity (OR=11.8) and cardiometabolic risk (OR=30.1).

Conclusions:

  • Obese schoolchildren demonstrated reduced performance across all assessed physical variables.
  • Cardiorespiratory fitness, measured by Cafras and Navette tests, showed the strongest significant association with overweight, obesity, and cardiometabolic risk.
  • These findings highlight the importance of cardiorespiratory health in identifying at-risk youth.