Health related physical fitness indicators prevalence in students

High body fat (BF) and low cardiovascular fitness (CF) are risk factors to no-degenerative chronic disease. The objective of this study was to check the BF and CF prevalence in 118 boys and 151 girls (1011 years old), and to analyze these in relation to criterion-referenced (CR). The BF and CF were measured and analyzed according to AAHPERD's protocol (1988). Through descriptive statistics and chi-square, was found that 70.6% of the sample has a low AC, being higher (p <0.05) in boys (86.4%) than girls (58, 3%). The ideal BF was prevalent (66.9%), however 24.2% and 8.9% of sample (p<0.05) showed levels above and below the ideal values, respectively. The frequency (20.4%) of students who serve concurrently of CR on health is less than those who did not attend (24.2%). Therefore, a significant proportion of students are exposed to developing no-degenerative chronic disease related to the low AC and inadequate values of GC.