Compensation of overall physical activity in (pre)adolescent girls – the CReActivity project

ConclusionOur findings could neither confirm nor reject the ActivityStat Hypothesis. Overall, due to the great variability across the girls, it seems that compensation depends on individual factors. In the future, to prevent negative compensation, school-based interventions that have the potential to provide opportunities to be physically active, should not neglect (pre)adolescents ’ leisure time behaviour.Trial RegistrationDRKS00015723 (date of registration: 2018/10/22 retrospectively registered).
Source: Archives of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research