The longitudinal relationship between motor competence and measures of fatness and fitness from childhood into adolescence

Abstract

These data suggest motor competence, body fatness, and VO_2peak demonstrate reciprocal relationships across childhood (6-13 years of age). Interventions addressing motor competence, cardiorespiratory fitness, and body fatness in early childhood are recommended, as intervention effects are likely to be enhanced because of the mutual reciprocal associations between these three variables.