Longitudinal association of childhood physical activity and physical fitness with physical activity in adolescence: insights from the IDEFICS/I.Family study

• Main Authors: Becky Breau (Author), Mirko Brandes (Author), Toomas Veidebaum (Author), Michael Tornaritis (Author), Luis A. Moreno (Author), Dénes Molnár (Author), Lauren Lissner (Author), Gabriele Eiben (Author), Fabio Lauria (Author), Jaakko Kaprio (Author), Stefaan De Henauw (Author), Wolfgang Ahrens (Author), Christoph Buck (Author), on behalf of the IDEFICS/I.Family consortia (Author)
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• Udgivet: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background This study aimed to examine associations of early childhood physical fitness and physical activity (PA) with PA during later childhood/early adolescence while accounting for gender differences. Methods We selected data of N = 4329 children from the IDEFICS/I. Family cohort (age 2...