Superior health-related physical fitness and well-being in 12–15-year-old Danish adolescents who are active in organized leisure-time sports – a cross-sectional study
Participation in organized leisure-time sports is linked to better health, fitness, and well-being, especially for girls, who show greater disparities with non-participants. Participation in team sports is linked to higher well-being compared to individual sports in girls, but not in boys. High dropout rates among adolescent girls call for targeted strategies to sustain their participation and derived benefits.
Authors
- Cecilie Thøgersen‐Ntoumani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0255-1263)
- Caroline Eckert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3618-7673)
- Chiara Cimenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7302-4911)
- Charlotte Sandager Aggestrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2609-5111)
- Giampiero Tarantino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9627-883X)
- Malte Nejst Larsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-7126)
- Nikos Ntoumanis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7122-3795)
- Kristina Pfeffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3680-0048)
- Peter Krustrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1461-9838)
- Christina Birch Meiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-565X)
- Camilla Prisak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9289-2721)
Institutions
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Danmarks Nationalbank (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330950
- Primary Topic
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Novo Nordisk
- Novo Nordisk Fonden