To investigate children physical growth, in Auxological terms, as well as their developmental status in terms of fundamental movement skills and physical fitness (performance-and health-related)
To analyse children normative and differential developmental trends during 12 months, with six-month assessments, in terms of their fundamental movement skills
To investigate the usefulness of a new technological device, Meu Educativo ®, to help Physical Education teachers assess children as well as to plan their classes in developmental terms
Project Rush
Specific goals
To detail children physical growth (height, siting height, weight, waist circumference), performance-related physical fitness, and fundamental movement skills statuses after the COVID-19 pandemic
To identify children prevalences of excess weight (overweight and obesity). Further, to describe their trends across age, and if there are specific groups at risk (in terms of their age and gender)
To probe, in multivariate terms, into children performance- and health-related physical fitness across age within gender
To identify the number of children that complies with daily and weekly physical activity World Health Organization recommendations. This will also be extended to their sedentary behaviours
To probe into familial influences in children physical growth, physical fitness, and fundamental movement skills. This will also be extended to built environments and school contexts
To investigate how stable or erratic children are in their fundamental movement skills’ development and if these changes depend on their short-term physical growth
To investigate the links between overweight and obesity with cardiometabolic risk factors, and if thy also associate with sedentary behaviours
To Analyse mother-child associations in metabolic risk factors
To describe children levels of attention, memory and manual dexterity and relate them to their fundamental movement skills and health-related fitness performance
