*4.4. Practical Implications*

The results showed that this particular community, which has been testing and supplementing physical fitness promotion with additional projects for ten years, has an aboveaverage level of physical fitness. The data thus suggest that a variety of long-term physical fitness programs really do help a lot when it comes to promoting an active and healthy lifestyle. The programs should be anchored sustainably in the community and target people's behavior and the conditions. Because not every child had the same opportunities to be physically active [18,32], especially in times when restrictions and limitations influence regular and structured physical activity, policy makers, communities, and other relevant stakeholders must provide children with access to environments that are conducive to and supportive of physical activity. Parents should operate as role models for an active lifestyle. Further research needs to examine larger cohort data to determine generalizable effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical fitness in children. In addition, these cohorts need to be monitored for additional years to establish long-term effects and influences. Pooling data, for example with the MO|RE data repository, from many small samples tested with a uniform and standardized measurement tool helps provide a wide range of participants and increases the comparability of findings across studies [37].
