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Changes in physical activity patterns from adolescence to young adulthood: the BELINDA study by Jérémy Vanhelst; Laurent Béghin; Elodie Drumez; Julien Labreuche; Angela Polito; Thaïs De Ruyter; Laura Censi; Marika Ferrari; Maria Luisa Miguel-Berges; Nathalie Michels; Stefaan De Henauw; Luis A. Moreno; Frédéric Gottrand is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Physical activity (PA) is recognized as a marker of health. The aim was to investigate PA differences from adolescence to young adulthood. European adolescents included in the HELENA study were invited to participate in a follow-up study, 10 years later. The present study included 141 adults (25.0 ± 1.4 years) for whom valid accelerometer data were available in adolescence and adulthood. Changes in PA by sex, weight and maternal education level were explored with interactions. Time spent in sedentary activity, light PA (LPA) and moderate PA (MPA) increased by 39.1, 59.6 and 6.6 min/day, respectively, whereas the time spent in vigorous PA (VPA) decreased by 11.3 min/day compared with adolescent VPA (p < 0.05). Increases in MPA were greater on weekends compared with weekdays, but we found a greater decrease in VPA on weekdays compared with weekends. Moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) decreased significantly on weekdays (-9.6 min/day; 95%CI, -15.9 to -3.4), while it increased on weekends (8.4 min/day; 95%CI, 1.9 to 14.8). Significant heterogeneity was found across sexes for VPA and MVPA, with a stronger decrease in VPA in males compared with females and a significant decrease in MVPA (-12
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- Author
- Jérémy Vanhelst; Laurent Béghin; Elodie Drumez; Julien Labreuche; Angela Polito; Thaïs De Ruyter; Laura Censi; Marika Ferrari; Maria Luisa Miguel-Berges; Nathalie Michels; Stefaan De Henauw; Luis A. Moreno; Frédéric Gottrand
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)