Aymen Hawani, Anis Ben Chikha, Mohamed Abdelkader Souissi, Omar Trabelsi, Maher Mrayah, Nizar Souissi, Santo Marsigliante, Antonella Muscella
The Feeling of Pleasure for Overweight Children during Different Types of Physical Activity
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
albeit inconsistent evidence supporting sex differences preschoolers motor competence mc observations uniform analyzed age cultural groups thus study examined sex differences across ages 3 5yearold childrens mc crosscountry pooled sample 6241 children aged 35 years 496 girls assessed mc using test gross motor development2nd3rd edition children categorized groups age months multiple linear regression models predictive margins calculated explore sex age months affect scores mc ie locomotor ball skills adjustments country bmi chows test used test presence structural break data significant differences favor girls seen 5759 6668 months age locomotor skills boys performed better ball skills age periods except 4244 4547 months age higher marginal effects observed period 4547 4850 months locomotor skills f 3021 f 2590 girls boys respectively ball skills f 1901 f 4211 girls boys respectively significantly positive break point seen 4547 months highlighting age interval childrens mc drastically improved identification breakpoint provides evidencebased metric might expect mc rapidly increase indicator early delay change occur age