Early sport practice is related to lower prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes in adults independently of overweight and current physical activity

Background and objective: Early sport practice prevents development of diseases in children/adolescents, but still unclear its effect over health in adulthood. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyze the association between sport practice in early life and chronic diseases in adulthood....

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Main Authors: Rômulo Araújo Fernandes, Angelina Zanesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Medicina
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010660X15000907