Obesity has become a major epidemic in the 21st century. It increases the risk of
dyslipidemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes, which are known cardiometabolic risk …

During adolescence, growth and development are transformative and have profound
consequences on an individual's health in later life, as well as the health of any potential …

Background: The Global Matrix 4.0 on physical activity (PA) for children and adolescents
was developed to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the global variation in …

Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) refers to the capacity of the circulatory and respiratory
systems to supply oxygen to skeletal muscle mitochondria for energy production needed …

Background No previous systematic review has quantitatively examined the association
between muscular fitness during childhood and adolescence and health parameters later in …

Adolescence is a critical yet vulnerable period for developing behaviors important for mental
well-being. The existing literature suggests that physical activity (PA), exercise, and aerobic …

Objective To develop sex-specific and age-specific normative values for the nine Eurofit
tests in European children and adolescents aged 9–17 years. Methods A systematic review …

Background There is evidence that physical fitness of children and adolescents (particularly
cardiorespiratory endurance) has declined globally over the past decades. Ever since the …

Background During a 24-h day, each given period is spent in either sedentary behaviour,
sleeping, light physical activity (LPA), or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). In …

Objective To estimate international and national temporal trends in the cardiorespiratory
fitness (CRF) of children and adolescents and to examine relationships between temporal …