Caamaño, FelipeLatorre-Román, Pedro ÁngelPárraga, Juan AntonioÁlvarez-Lepín, CristianDelgado-Floody, Pedro2025-01-072025-01-072021-05-25Caamano-Navarrete, F., Latorre-Roman, P. A., Parraga-Montilla, J. A., Alvarez, C., & Delgado-Floody, P. (2021). Association between creativity and memory with cardiorespiratory fitness and lifestyle among Chilean schoolchildren. Nutrients, 13(6), 1799.2072-6643https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13061799https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/6/1799https://hdl.handle.net/10953/3737The objective was to investigate the association between creativity and memory with cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF; i.e., CFR classification and VO2max); lifestyle parameters (i.e., physical activity (PA), sleep duration, screen time (ST), and food habits); and anthropometric measures (i.e., body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC)) among Chilean schoolchildren. A total of 248 schoolchildren (137 boys, 111 girls, 11.80 ± 1.17 and 11.58 ± 1.09 years, respectively) participated in the cross-sectional study. Creativity, memory, concentration, and selective attention and lifestyle (PA, ST, sleep duration, and Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence) were measured using a standard questionnaire. CRF (measured by the 20 m shuttle run test and expressed as maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) and anthropometric measures (BMI and WC) were also included. Creativity showed a positive association with VO2max (mL/kg/min) (β; 0.209, 95% CI; 0.02–0.40, p = p < 0.05) and MD Adherence (score) (β; 0.206, 95% CI; 0.01; 0.74, p = p < 0.05). Long-term memory reported a positive association with CRF (β; 1.076, 95% CI; 0.02–2.13, p = p < 0.05). An increase in CRF levels, together with healthy food habits and normal nutritional status, should be a target for community- and school-based interventions to promote cognitive development in creativity and memory among schoolchildren.engCreativityMemoryCardiorespiratory fitnessMediterranean dietSchoolchildreninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess