The Influence of Abdominal Adiposity and Physical Fitness on Obesity Status of Portuguese Adolescents.

The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between abdominal adiposity and physical fitness in the obesity status of Portuguese adolescents. BMI, abdominal adiposity, and physical fitness tests from the FITescola were evaluated in a total of 654 Portuguese adolescents, aged 10-19 years old-male: = 334 (51%), female: = 320 (49%). For the final model, BMI was positively related with age ( 0.