Motor competence and cardiorespiratory fitness have greater influence on body fatness than physical activity across time

We investigated the longitudinal associations among physical activity ( PA ), motor competence ( MC ), cardiorespiratory fitness ( VO 2peak ), and body fatness across 7 years, and also analyzed the possible mediation effects of PA , MC , and VO 2peak on the relationships with body fatness. This was a seven‐year longitudinal study with three measuring points (mean ages [in years] and respective sample size: 6.75±0.37, n=696; 9.59±1.07, n=617;...