Comparison of physical activity and body composition in a cohort of children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight to matched term-born controls: a follow-up study.
Mette EnganMaria VollsæterKnut ØymarTrond MarkestadGeir Egil EideThomas HalvorsenPetur JuliussonHege ClemmPublished in: BMJ paediatrics open (2019)
The EP/ELBW-born children were less physically active, had signs of an unfavourable body composition with less muscle mass and lower bone mineral density than the TB controls. The association between physical activity and the measures of body composition was weaker in the group of EP/ELBW-born children.