tests of a basketball throw for
distance, arm push/pull ability, and vertical and standing
long jump performance, were used. Although obesity did
not negatively impact upon upper limb strength or power
in these activities, it impeded the children’s ability to
perform tasks involving lower limb strength and power in
which the obese children were required to move their
larger mass against gravity. That is, the obese children were
disadvantaged in both standing long jump and vertical
jumping tests by the need to apply a greater force to accelerate
their larger mass against gravity a given distance.