The association between BMI and health-related physical fitness among Chinese college students: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 444 - 7
• Main Authors: Chen, Xiaobin, Cui, Jie, Zhang, Yuyuan, Peng, Wenjia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.04.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Anthropometry; Body Mass Index; Body size; Body weight; Cardiovascular disease; China; College students; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cross-sectional study; Female; Females; Fitness; Gender differences; Health care; Humans; Male; Obesity; Overweight; Physical Fitness; Polynomials; Public health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Students; Students - statistics & numerical data; Studies; Trends; Underweight; Universities; Variance analysis; Young Adult; China; Body mass index; Physical fitness; College students; Cross-sectional study

Existing studies reporting on the levels of physical fitness among college students used relatively few fitness tests as a reflection of physical fitness, which could not comprehensively evaluate the levels of physical fitness. Thus, the current study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional relatio...