Childhood Physical Fitness as a Predictor of Cognition and Mental Health in Adolescence: The PANIC Study.
Eero A HaapalaMarja H LeppänenHannamari SkogDavid R LubansAnna ViitasaloNiina LintuPetri JalankoSara MäättäTimo A LakkaPublished in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2024)
Higher levels of motor fitness in childhood and adolescence were associated with better cognition in adolescence. Higher levels of and larger increases in cardiorespiratory fitness from childhood to adolescence were associated with better mental health in adolescence.