Longitudinal associations of movement behaviours with body composition and physical fitness from 4 to 9 years of age: structural equation and mediation analysis with compositional data

• Main Authors: Jairo H. Migueles (Author), Christine Delisle Nyström (Author), Dorothea Dumuid (Author), Marja H. Leppänen (Author), Pontus Henriksson (Author), Marie Löf (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The associations of movement behaviours (physical activity [PA], sedentary behaviour [SB], and sleep) with body composition and physical fitness from pre-school to childhood, as well as the direction of the associations, could provide important information for healthy lifestyle p...