Dr. Zan Gao, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Physical Activity Epidemiology Lab (PAEL), recently published a research article on fitness and motor skills as the second author in journal, Pediatrics Exercise Science.

The purpose of this study was to examine the associations among motor skill competence and health-related fitness in youth. The findings suggest that the development of object control skills in childhood may be important for the development and maintenance of health-related fitness across childhood and into adolescence.