Temporal trends in the physical fitness of Hong Kong children aged 6–12 years between 2003–04 and 2015–16

Eric Tsz-Chun Poon; Grant R. Tomkinson; Justin J. Lang; Wendy Yajun Huang; Heung-Sang Stephen Wong

doi:10.1080/02640414.2023.2268350

Temporal trends in the physical fitness of Hong Kong children aged 6–12 years between 2003–04 and 2015–16

Eric Tsz-Chun Poon, Grant R. Tomkinson, Justin J. Lang, Wendy Yajun Huang, Heung-Sang Stephen Wong^*

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Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health

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Low physical fitness in childhood is linked with poor health now and in later life. This study estimated temporal trends in physical fitness for Hong Kong children aged 6–12 years from 2003–04 to 2015–16. Objectively measured body size and physical fitness data for 27,513 children were obtained from four population-representative surveys of Hong Kong primary school students. Temporal trends in means were estimated by population-weighted linear regression. Trends in distributional characteristics were visually described. Overall, there was a small increase in mean height (effect size (ES) = 0.20 (95%CI: 0.13, 0.28)), with a negligible increase (ES

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1271-1278
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Sports Sciences
Volume	41
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2268350
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2023

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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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Physical fitness
body size
children
cross-sectional studies
flexibility
public health

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