Low aerobic fitness in Brazilian adolescents

INTRODUCTION: aerobic fitness is considered one of the most important components of health-related physical fitness, with low levels related to increased risk of premature death from all causes, especially cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE: to identify the characteristics of adolescents at higher r...

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Main Authors: Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Mark Stephen Tremblay, Andreia Pelegrini, João Marcos Ferreira de Lima Silva, Edio Luiz Petroski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte 2015-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-86922015000200094&lng=en&tlng=en