Open AccessRelationship between Physical Activity and the Development of Body Mass Index in Children
Author(s) -
Teun Remmers,
Ester F. C. Sleddens,
Jessica S. Gubbels,
S.I. de Vries,
Monique Mommers,
John Penders,
Stef Kremers,
Carel Thijs
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e3182a36709
Subject(s) - percentile , body mass index , confidence interval , medicine , demography , physical activity , obesity , cohort study , cohort , pediatrics , physical therapy , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Studies estimating the contribution of physical activity (PA) to the development of body mass index (BMI) in critical periods of childhood are warranted. Therefore, we have prospectively investigated this relationship in boys and girls of the KOALA Birth Cohort study, the Netherlands, in the period around adiposity rebound (i.e., 4-9 yr old).