Chen J-L, Unnithan V, Kennedy C, Yeh C-H
Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Int Nurs Rev. 2008 Mar;55(1):81-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00588.x.
This cross-sectional study examined factors related to children's physical fitness and activity levels in Taiwan.
A total of 331 Taiwanese children, aged 7 and 8, and their mothers participated in the study. Children performed physical fitness tests, recorded their physical activities during two weekdays and completed self-esteem questionnaires. Research assistants measured the children's body mass and stature. Mothers completed demographic, parenting style and physical activity questionnaires.
Attending urban school, lower body mass index (BMI), older age and better muscular endurance contributed to the variance in better aerobic capacity, and attending rural school and better aerobic capacity contributed to the variance in better muscular endurance in boys. Attending urban school, lower BMI and better athletic competence contributed to the variance in better aerobic capacity, and younger age, rural school and higher household income contributed to the variance in better flexibility in girls.
Despite the limitations of the study, with many countries and regions, including Taiwan, now emphasizing the importance of improving physical fitness and activity in children, an intervention that is gender-, geographically, and developmentally appropriate can improve the likelihood of successful physical fitness and activity programmes.
这项横断面研究调查了台湾地区与儿童体能和活动水平相关的因素。
共有331名7至8岁的台湾儿童及其母亲参与了该研究。儿童进行了体能测试，记录了两个工作日的身体活动情况，并完成了自尊问卷。研究助理测量了儿童的体重和身高。母亲们完成了人口统计学、育儿方式和身体活动问卷。
就读于城市学校、较低的体重指数（BMI）、较大的年龄和较好的肌肉耐力导致男孩有氧能力更好的差异，而就读于农村学校和较好的有氧能力导致男孩肌肉耐力更好的差异。就读于城市学校、较低的BMI和较好的运动能力导致女孩有氧能力更好的差异，而较小的年龄、农村学校和较高的家庭收入导致女孩柔韧性更好的差异。
尽管该研究存在局限性，但包括台湾地区在内的许多国家和地区目前都强调提高儿童体能和活动的重要性，一项在性别、地理和发育方面合适的干预措施可以提高体能和活动计划成功的可能性。
