Genetics of somatotype and physical fitness in children and adolescents.

Karri SilventoinenJosé MaiaAline JelenkovicSara PereiraÉlvio GouveiaAntónio AntunesMartine ThomisJohan LefevreJaakko KaprioDuarte Freitas

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2020)

Associations between somatotype and physical fitness tests are mainly explained by common genetic background in children and adolescents. Therefore, interventions in youth should consider that a child's performance in physical fitness tests partly reflects their inherited physique.

Keyphrases

mental health
physical activity
young adults
genome wide
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