Physical activity from adolescence to young adulthood: patterns of change, and their associations with activity domains and sedentary time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Longitudinal studies demonstrate an average decline in physical activity (PA) from adolescence to young adulthood. However, while some subgroups of adolescents decrease activity, others increase or maintain high or low activity. Activity domains may differ between subgroups (exhibiting different PA patterns), and they offer valuable information for targeted health promotion. Hence, the aim of this study was to identify PA patterns from adolescence to young adulthood; also to explore the associations of (i) changes in PA domains and in sedentary time, (ii) sociodemographic factors, and (iii) self-rated health with diverging PA patterns.

Methods

The observational cohort study data encompassed 254 adolescents at age 15 and age 19. K-means cluster analysis for longitu

SUBMITTER: Aira T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246658 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature