- 10% of school aged children are estimated to be overweight 
- 1/3 of children and youth are sufficiently physically active
- physical inactivity may impact students' cognitive function and academic achievement 
- Obesity has been shown to predict poor cognitive function and academic achievement in school age
-Childhood motor function has relationship with reading, language, and mathematics.
* It's important to understand the interrelatedness of these factors and the potential impact on academic achievement 

DATA and Recent literature results

Relations between childhood motor and adolescents' physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, obesity level, and academic achievement

- Childhood motor function serves as a significant underlying factor for healthy development, making poor motor activity in early childhood a public health concern that can lead to negative developmental trajectories.
- Lifestyle factors (such as excess sedentary behavior and an unhealthy diet) may influence both children's motor function and young people's academic achievement.
- Overweight and obesity are linked to lower cognitive and academic achievement in school-aged children and adolescents.

The Mediating Role of Physical Activity and Obesity in the Association Between Childhood Motor Function and Academic Achievement

Implications of children and adolescents
- cognitive function （ (during childhood)
- academic achievement (later school age)

University of Connecticut

Physical Activity and Obesity Mediate the Association Between Childhood Motor Function
and Adolescents' Academic Achievement

Kantomaa, M., Stamatakis, E., Kankaanpää, A., Kaakinen, M., Rodriguez, A., Taanila, A., . . . Tammelin, T. (2013). Physical activity and obesity mediate the association between childhood motor function and adolescents' academic achievement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(5), 1917-1922. Retrieved May 16, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41992140

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