主办单位:成都体育学院
ISSN 1001-9154 CN 51-1097/G8

Journal of Chengdu Sport University ›› 2021, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (6): 130-137.doi: 10.15942/j.jcsu.2021.06.021

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Systematic Review of Foreign Studies on the Correlation between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Health in Preschool Children

WU Hua1,2, ZHANG Xinding1, RUAN Hui1,2, Wichai Eungpinichpong2   

  1. 1. Faculty of Physical Education, Hainan normal university, Haikou Hainan 571158;
    2. Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, BNOJHP research center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 10000
  • Received:2020-03-31 Revised:2021-04-18 Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-11-26

Abstract: Objective: To systematically review foreign studies on the correlation between cardiorespiratory fitness indicators and preschool children's health indicators to show that cardiopulmonary fitness is an important indicator for evaluating the health level of preschool children, and provide an evaluation method for this indicator. Methods: From the English literature published in PubMed and Scopus databases in 1999-2019, selected and reviewed the health assessment indicators (including cardiovascular health, obesity, physical activity, motor skills and cognitive development) of healthy preschool children aged 2.5 to 6.9, and used the STROBE item list and the STROBE-M quality assessment tool to conduct a quality analysis of the cross-sectional research. Results: A total of 21 middle- and high-quality documents explore the correlation between cardiorespiratory fitness level and health evaluation indicators in preschool children. It is found that low-level cardiorespiratory fitness in preschool children is closely related to high CVD risk, obesity/overweight, and higher-intensity physical activity level can help improve preschool children's cardiorespiratory fitness. Very few studies have investigated the relationship between motor-and-cognitive development and cardiopulmonary fitness in preschool children, and the correlation is inconsistent. It is suggested that Chinese scholars pay attention to the indicators of cardiorespiratory fitness development in preschool children, and that healthy physical fitness including cardiorespiratory fitness may affect preschool children's participation in physical activities, motor skills development, weight changes, thus more empirical studies are needed.

Key words: preschool children, aerobic fitness, health indicators, systematic review, cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiorespiratory function

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