The contribution of physical fitness to individual and ethnic differences in risk markers for type 2 diabetes in children: The Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE).
Claire M NightingaleAlicja R RudnickaSarah R Kerry-BarnardAngela S DoninSoren BrageKate L WestgateUlf EkelundDerek G CookChristopher G OwenPeter H WhincupPublished in: Pediatric diabetes (2018)
Physical fitness is associated with risk markers for T2D and CVD in children, which persist after adjustment for adiposity. Higher levels of IR in South Asians are partially explained by lower physical fitness levels compared to white Europeans. Improving physical fitness may provide scope for reducing risks of T2D.