The Most Active Child Is Not Always the Fittest: Physical Activity and Fitness Are Weakly Correlated

• Main Authors: Corrado Lupo (Author), Paolo De Pasquale (Author), Gennaro Boccia (Author), Alexandru Nicolae Ungureanu (Author), Paolo Moisè (Author), Anna Mulasso (Author), Paolo Riccardo Brustio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The present cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the impact of physical activity level (PA) on physical fitness by controlling for individual characteristics in Italian children. A total of 329 children (girls <i>n</i> = 155, 42.6%; from five primary schools, 17 classes) aged 8-10 fil...