Ten-Year Secular Changes in Selected Health and Fitness Parameters of 10-11 Years Old Swansea School Children – 2003-2013

Low levels of physical fitness in children are also linked with similar health-related outcomes as childhood obesity, including obesity itself [17][18][19].Levels of physical fitness in children have declined globally, as well as in the United Kingdom, in recent years [20][21][22].The majority of studies relating to physical fitness report on cardio respiratory fitness [20][21][22][23], however research has highlighted the need to assess the muscular strength component of physical fitness given its relationship with health outcomes and all-cause mortality [18,21,[24][25][26].Whilst there are numerous measures of strength, grip strength has been shown to be a good Research