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
Adolescent 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.
Authors
- Kerstin Bach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-7676)
- Aleksej Logacjov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-1744)
- Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-0408)
- Paul Jarle Mork (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-2680)
- Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8251-3544)
- Atle Kongsvold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4887-8288)
- Mats Flaaten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4580-2931)
Institutions
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- St Olav's University Hospital (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01726-7
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.66