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