Open AccessDevelopment of Fatness, Fitness, and Lifestyle From Adolescence to the Age of 36 Years
Author(s) -
Isabel Ferreira,
Jos W. R. Twisk,
Willem van Mechelen,
Han C. G. Kemper,
Coen D. A. Stehouwer
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.1.42
Subject(s) - psychology , physical fitness , developmental psychology , gerontology , demography , medicine , physical therapy , sociology
Among young adults, the metabolic syndrome is an increasingly frequent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Its determinants are, however, incompletely understood. We investigated the time course, from adolescence (age, 13 years) to young adulthood (age, 36 years), of important potential determinants (body fatness and fat distribution, cardiopulmonary fitness, and lifestyle) in 364 individuals (189 women).