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Physical Activity Cannot be Treated as a Predictor of Anthropological Status among Six-year-old Children
The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between physical activity and
anthropological status in six-year-old children. The study was conducted on 30 boys (years 6.34 ± 0.51) and
30 girls (years 6.21 ± 0.59). Six tests for motor ability evaluation, two measures for assessing morphological
characteristics, and a questionnaire for assessing physical activity and sedentary activities, the Netherlands
Physical Activity Questionnaire (NPAQ), were applied to the participants. The correlation analysis results clearly
show that sedentary activity cannot be regarded as a predictor of anthropological status in six-year-old children
(p>0.05). This research provides an insight into the complex issue of the precise identification of the effects of
physical activity, and changes in anthropological status that are influenced by natural growth and development