Protective or risky? The longitudinal association of team sports participation and health-related behaviours in Canadian adolescent girls.
CONCLUSION: Team sport participation outside of school settings is risky for prospective health-related behaviours in adolescent girls. Our findings highlight the need for investing in tailored participation initiatives that also consider how to prevent harmful substance use.
PMID: 31140144 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lau EY, Riazi NA, Qian W, Leatherdale ST, Faulkner G Tags: Can J Public Health Source Type: research
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