Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (1000080)
Abbott Nutrition
Article History
Received: 16 February 2022
Accepted: 16 August 2022
First Online: 6 October 2022
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was approved by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the protection of human subjects (IRB # 20171017495EP, title: Changes in noninvasive, applied physiological laboratory measurements and field measurements of athletic performance in children and youth: Influences of growth and development).
: Before any data collection, each subject signed the approved assent form if they were 7–18-years-old, while 5- and 6-year-olds verbally assented after being read an age-appropriate assent script, while one parent or legal guardian signed the approved consent form. Each subject, with the assistance from their parent or legal guardian, completed the PAR-Q<sup>+</sup> 2015 and was included in this study if questions 1–7 were answered “no” or all of the follow-up questions of the PAR-Q<sup>+</sup> 2015 were answered “no.”