Birth Weight, School Sports Ability, and Adulthood Leisure-Time Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to examine the associations of birth weight with ability in school sports in adolescence and participation in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) across adulthood and to investigate whether associations between birth weight and LTPA change with age.

Methods

Study participants were British singletons born in 1946 and followed up to age 68 yr (the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development). Birth weights were extracted from birth records. Teacher reports of ability in school sports were collected at age 13 yr. LTPA was self-reported at ages 36, 43, 53, 60-64, and 68 yr and categorized at each age as participating in sports, exercise, and other vigorous LTPA at least once per month versus no participation. Associations were ex

SUBMITTER: Elhakeem A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5207304 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature