Active commuting throughout adolescence and central fatness before adulthood: prospective birth cohort study.

Active commuting throughout adolescence and central fatness before adulthood: prospective birth cohort study.

BACKGROUND:Active commuting is a good opportunity to accumulate physical activity (PA) across the lifespan that potentially might influence central body fat. We aimed to examine the prospective associations of active commuting at 11, 15 and 18 years of age with central body fat at 18 years. METHODS:...

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Main Authors: David Martinez-Gomez, Gregore I Mielke, Ana M Menezes, Helen Gonçalves, Fernando C Barros, Pedro C Hallal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008595?pdf=render

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