Tracking physical fitness and physical activity from childhood to adolescence: the Muscatine study
Medicine & Science in Sports & ExercisePublished 1 July 2000
Kathleen F. Janz, Jeffrey D. Dawson, Larry T. Mahoney
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Observations suggest that preventive efforts focused on maintaining physical fitness and physical activity through puberty will have favorable health benefits in later years.
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These observations suggest that preventive efforts focused on maintaining physical fitness and physical activity through puberty will have favorable health benefits in later years.
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