Improvements in fitness reduce the risk of becoming overweight across puberty

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1891-1897

  Ortega, Francisco B ^a,b   Labayen, Idoia ^a,c   Ruiz, Jonatan R ^a,b   Kurvinen, Elvira ^d   Loit, Helle Mai ^d   Harro, Jaanus ^e   Veidebaum, Toomas ^d   Sjöström, Michael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Exercise capacity; obesity; prospective study; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; ESTONIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ESTONIA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 80052964670     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182190d71     Document Type: Article

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