Physical activity change during adolescence: a systematic review and a pooled analysis

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Samuel Carvalho Dumith · Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Denise Petrucci Gigante · Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Marlos Rodrigues Domingues · Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Harold W. Kohl · Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Abstract

The decline of PA during adolescence is a consistent finding in the literature. Differences between boys and girls were observed and should be explored in future studies. Interventions that attempt to attenuate the PA decline, even without an increase in PA levels, could be considered as effective.

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Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Physical Activity and Health Children's Physical and Motor Development

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Published in: International Journal of Epidemiology

Volume 40, Issue 3, pp. 685-698

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq272

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Physical activity change during adolescence: a systematic review and a pooled analysis

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