Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life.
Klaas R WesterterpYosuke YamadaHiroyuki SagayamaPhilip N AinslieLene F AndersenLiam J AndersonLenore ArabIssaad BaddouKweku Bedu-AddoEllen E BlaakStephane BlancAlberto G BonomiCarlijn V C BoutenPascal BovetMaciej S BuchowskiNancy F ButteStefan G J A CampsGraeme L CloseJamie A CooperSai K DasRichard CooperLara R DugasUlf EkelundSonja EntringerTerrence ForresterBarry W FudgeAnnelies H GorisMichael GurvenCatherine HamblyAsmaa El HamdouchiMarije B HoosSumei HuNoorjehan JoonasAnnemiek M JoosenPeter KatzmarzykKitty P KempenMisaka KimuraWilliam E KrausWilliam E KrausEstelle V LambertWilliam R LeonardNader LessanCorby K MartinAnine C MedinErwin P MeijerJames C MorehenJames P MortonMarian L NeuhouserTheresa A NicklasRobert M OjiamboKirsi H PietiläinenYannis P PitsiladisJacob Plange-RhuleGuy PlasquiRoss L PrenticeRoberto A RabinovichSusan B RacetteDavid A RaichlenEric RavussinRebecca M ReynoldsSusan B RobertsAlbertine J SchuitAnders M SjödinEric SticeSamuel S UrlacherGiulio ValentiLudo M Van EttenEdgar A Van MilJonathan C K WellsGeorge WilsonBrian M WoodJack YanovskiTsukasa YoshidaXueying ZhangAlexia J Murphy-AlfordCornelia U LoechlAmy H LukeHerman PontzerJennifer RoodDale A SchoellerWilliam W WongJohn R Speakmannull nullPublished in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)
If these associations are causal, they suggest physical activity is a major determinant of body composition as reflected in peak FFM, and that a physically active lifestyle can only partly protect against loss of FFM in aging adults.