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 Lakka

Published 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.

Keyphrases

mental health
depressive symptoms
early life
physical activity
childhood cancer
body composition
white matter
mental illness
young adults