TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - School and neighborhood predictors of physical fitness in elementary school students
JO  - Journal of school health
A1  - Kahan, David
A1  - McKenzie, Thomas L.
SP  - 448
EP  - 456
VL  - 87
IS  - 6
N2  - BACKGROUND: We assessed the associations of 5 school and 7 neighborhood variables with fifth-grade students achieving Healthy Fitness Zone (HFZ) or Needs Improvement-Health Risk (NI-HR) on aerobic capacity (AC) and body composition (BC) physical fitness components of the state-mandated FITNESSGRAM(®) physical fitness test. <br><br>METHODS: Data for outcome (physical fitness) and predictor (school and neighborhood) variables were extracted from various databases (eg, Data Quest, Walk Score(®) ) for 160 schools located in San Diego, California. Predictor variables that were at least moderately correlated (|r| ≥.30) with ≥1 outcome variables in univariate analyses were retained for ordinary least squares regression analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean percentages of students achieving HFZ AC (65.7%) and BC (63.5%) were similar (t = 1.13, p =.26), while those for NI-HR zones were significantly different (AC = 6.0% vs BC = 18.6%; t = 12.60, p <.001). Correlations were greater in magnitude for school than neighborhood demographics and stronger for BC than AC. The school variables free/reduced-price lunch (negative) and math achievement (positive) predicted fitness scores. Among neighborhood variables, percent Hispanic predicted failure of meeting the HFZ BC criterion. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Creating school and neighborhood environments conducive to promoting physical activity and improving fitness is warranted.<br><br>© 2017, American School Health Association.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4391
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/josh.12516
ID  - ref1
ER  -