ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2025
Associations of sport and exercise participation in adolescence with body composition and device-measured physical activity in adulthood: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study.
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- Data Resource Profile: Device-measured physical activity and sleep in the HUNT4 study, Norway.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Microbiota awareness and fermented food consumption among university students: evidence of a knowledge-behavior gap.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Continuity of Sport Participation Across Developmental Stages and Physical Activity Levels: A Life-Course Perspective in Future Teachers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association Between Weekly Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Emotional Intelligence Factors in Spanish Adolescents: Perspectives for Digital and Gamified Interventions.Journal of Intelligence · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo examine whether adolescent sport and exercise participation is associated with adulthood moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), body fat, skeletal muscle mass, and body mass index (BMI), and to explore whether the association between sport and exercise participation and adult body composition depends on adulthood MVPA level.
methodsProspective study of 4603 adolescents aged 13-18 year (57.2% female) in the Norwegian Young-HUNT Study and follow-up ~ 11 or ~ 22 years later. Linear regression was used to estimate mean differences in accelerometer-measured MVPA and bioimpedance-measured body fat, muscle mass, and BMI in adulthood according to self-reported sport and exercise participation in adolescence.
resultsAdolescents participating in sport/exercise every day accumulated more MVPA (48 min/week, 95% CI 23 to 73), had less body fat (-4.4%, 95% CI -5.4 to -3.2), more muscle mass (2.6%, 95% CI 2.0 to 3.2), and lower BMI (-1.1 kg/m
conclusionsAdolescent sport and exercise participation is positively associated with MVPA, and skeletal muscle mass, and inversely associated with body fat and BMI in adulthood. These associations remained significant after adjusting for adult MVPA levels. A higher MVPA level in adulthood strengthens the association between adolescent sport/exercise participation and adult body composition.
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