Association between physical activity and physical health in German children and adolescents - results from the MoMo Longitudinal Study
Participating in sports regularly from adolescence to early adulthood is associated with the strongest health benefits. Nevertheless, those who were less active initially but increased their sports activity had similar health outcomes, highlighting the importance of sports activity as part of a healthy lifestyle in young adulthood.
Authors
- Alexander Wöll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5736-2980)
- Simon Kolb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4059-8823)
- Claudia Niessner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2094-0836)
- Darko Jekauc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7640-5149)
- Alexander Burchartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-5395)
- Leon Klos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8236-1309)
Institutions
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21684-w
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64
Funders
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology