Associations between physical activity, fitness, cognitive and academic performance in Swedish adolescents: Findings from a cross-sectional study
Fitness was the only significant factor associated with cognitive and academic performance, although the association was weak. Given our findings of low fitness and academic performance among adolescents with parents with short education or parents born abroad, future studies should tailor their interventions to ensure the inclusion of these groups.
Authors
- Gisela Nyberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-8533)
- Karin Kjellenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-0596)
- Björg Helgadóttir
- Amika Singh
- Örjan Ekblom
- Rui Wang
- Jonna Nilsson Horre
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Windesheim University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Mulier Institute (NL)
- Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (SE)
- Institute of Neurobiology (BG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344087
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00