Changes in fitness and fatness in Australian schoolchildren during the summer holidays: fitness lost, fatness regained? A cohort study

• Main Authors: Tim Olds (Author), Dorothea Dumuid (Author), Emily Eglitis (Author), Rebecca Golley (Author), François Fraysse (Author), Aaron Miatke (Author), Grant R. Tomkinson (Author), Amanda Watson (Author), Mason Munzberg (Author), Carol Maher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Emerging evidence suggests that children's fatness increases and fitness declines at a greater rate during the summer holiday period, compared with the school year. The aim of this study was to compare rates of change in fitness and fatness over the in-term and summer holida...