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Association between objectively measured physical activity and longitudinal changes in body composition in adolescents: the Tromsø study fit futures cohort.

Nils Abel P AarsSigurd BeldoBjarne Koster JacobsenAlexander HorschBente MorsethNina EmausAnne-Sofie FurbergSameline Grimsgaard
Published in: BMJ open (2020)
In this cohort of Norwegian adolescents, sedentary and light physical activity was associated with changes in LMI and aLMI in girls, but not boys. Minutes spent in MVPA in first year of upper secondary high school was not associated with changes in measures of body composition in neither sex after 2 years.
Keyphrases
  • body composition
  • physical activity
  • resistance training
  • bone mineral density
  • high school
  • body mass index
  • young adults
  • sleep quality
  • cross sectional
  • postmenopausal women
  • high intensity