How are academic achievement and inhibitory control associated with physical fitness, soil-transmitted helminth infections, food insecurity and stunting among South African primary schoolchildren?

• Main Authors: Markus Gerber (Author), Christin Lang (Author), Johanna Beckmann (Author), Rosa du Randt (Author), Stefanie Gall (Author), Harald Seelig (Author), Kurt Z. Long (Author), Sebastian Ludyga (Author), Ivan Müller (Author), Madeleine Nienaber (Author), Siphesihle Nqweniso (Author), Uwe Pühse (Author), Peter Steinmann (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Cheryl Walter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Cardiovascular fitness has been associated with both executive function and academic achievement in multiple cohort studies including children and adolescents. However, research is scarce among children from low- and middle-income countries. Hence, this paper focuses on South Afr...