Physical activity throughout adolescence and body composition at 18 years: 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study

Virgílio Viana Ramires, Samuel Carvalho Dumith, Fernando Cesar Wehrmeister, Pedro Curi Hallal, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes and Helen Gonçalves

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Published online on October 01, 2016

Abstract

Adolescence is a period of accelerated development and increases in body composition. Physical activity (PA) practice has been associated with the development of major components of body composition (bone, mus...