Changes in accelerometer-measured physical activity and self-reported leisure time physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: a longitudinal cohort study from the Fit Futures Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescence is associated with declining physical activity (PA) levels, and potential prevailing changes into young adulthood are indicated, but less explored. This study investigates longitudinal changes in PA from adolescence to young adulthood among males and females in a North Norwegian cohort.

Methods

In the population-based Fit Futures Study, PA was assessed with both questionnaires (Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale) and accelerometers (ActiGraph) at ages ~ 16 (n_self-report=936; n_{accelerometer}=674), ~ 18 (n_self-report=808; n_{accelerometer}=507), and ~ 27 (n_self-report=648; n_{accelerometer}=466). We used mixed effects models to analyze longitudinal changes in accelerometer-measured PA an

SUBMITTER: Hammer TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12265297 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature