The Impact of Obesity on Developmental Coordination Disorder in Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Wagner, Matthias Oliver; Kastner, Julia; Petermann, Franz; Jekauc, Darko; Worth, Annette; Bos, Klaus
Titel	The Impact of Obesity on Developmental Coordination Disorder in Adolescence
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32 (2011) 5, S.1970-1976 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2011.04.004
Schlagwörter	Obesity; Prevention; Adolescents; Motor Development; Psychomotor Skills; Control Groups; Risk; Disabilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adipositas; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Motorische Entwicklung; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Risiko; Handicap; Behinderung
Abstract	Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) as well as overweight and obesity are of increasing importance in the study of human development. Data on the relation between DCD and obesity in adolescence are of particular interest because both phenomena are unlikely to disappear with age. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of obesity on severe DCD in adolescence. A total of 99 obese adolescents aged between 11 and 16 years and 99 normal-weight controls matched for age and gender were included in this cross-sectional study. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2 (age band 3) was used to determine subjects' stage of motor development. Results made clear that (i) obese show a higher severe DCD-risk in comparison to normal-weight adolescents (p less than 0.01) which is (ii) most pronounced in balance (p less than 0.01), and (iii) thereby rather appears in boys (p less than or equal to 0.10). Thus, our results at least do not exclude the possibility that obesity might have a detrimental effect on the etiopathology of DCD beyond childhood. Therefore, primary obesity prevention measures may additionally contribute to the prevention of a possible consolidation of severe DCD. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10