Do Gender and BMI Affect the Motor Skills of Five-Year-Old Preschoolers Differently?

Marcos Mecías CalvoFernando Carregal-San EmeterioRubén Navarro-Patón

Published in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)

The findings showed that there were notable variations in total percentile, balance, and manual dexterity between boys and girls. In addition, girls outperformed boys in all categories save aiming and catching. However, males who were overweight or obese earned greater percentiles in both balance and the MABC-2 battery's total percentile.

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