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Motor skills and fitness in African children: the PERF-FIT study

2025-02-28

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Africa is facing an increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) due to changing lifestyles and dietary habits. Children with developmental delays in motor coordination are particularly less inclined to engage in physical play and sports, putting them at risk of reduced fitness, overweight, and eventually NCDs. While several motor performance tests exist, they were not desi...

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Literature Corpus work: 91b45551-4e5b-5b72-9959-413231e5139f
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6033383/v1

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