Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
Front Public Health. 2021 Sep 3;9:694070. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.694070. eCollection 2021.
To examine the geographical variation in change in the levels of physical fitness from 2005 to 2014 among Chinese children and adolescents. A total of 663,813 children 7 to 18 years of age with physical fitness data in 2005, 2010 and 2014, participated in the study. Physical fitness was assessed using six components, and their standardized scores were aggregated to form a summary physical fitness indicator (PFI). Over the study period, there was an increase in the proportion of high PFI (from 15.3% in 2005 to 19.0% in 2014, < 0.05) and a decrease in the proportion of low PFI (from 30.6 to 29.8%, < 0.05). Children and adolescents in the eastern provinces of China showed a high proportion of high PFI with an increasing trend over time, while those in the western provinces had a high proportion of low PFI with a decreasing trend over time ( < 0.05). The comprehensive physical fitness among Chinese children showed an improved trend from 2005 to 2014. Region-specific interventions with priority policies could be useful to sustainably narrow geographical variation in Chinese children, especially in the western provinces.
为了考察 2005 年至 2014 年期间中国儿童青少年体质健康水平变化的地域差异。共有 663813 名 7 至 18 岁的儿童参加了这项研究，他们在 2005 年、2010 年和 2014 年有体质健康数据。体质健康采用六个指标进行评估，其标准分数被汇总形成一个综合体质健康指标（PFI）。在研究期间，高 PFI 的比例有所增加（从 2005 年的 15.3%增加到 2014 年的 19.0%，<0.05），低 PFI 的比例有所下降（从 30.6%下降到 29.8%，<0.05）。中国东部省份的儿童青少年具有较高的高 PFI 比例，并呈现出随时间增加的趋势，而西部省份则具有较高的低 PFI 比例，并呈现出随时间减少的趋势（<0.05）。2005 年至 2014 年期间，中国儿童的综合体质健康呈上升趋势。针对特定地区的干预措施和优先政策可能有助于可持续地缩小中国儿童体质健康的地域差异，特别是在西部地区。
