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To systematically review the scientific literature assessing the association between participation in sports during childhood and adolescence and physical activity levels in adulthood.

June 8, 2019Journal of Sports Sciences

Participation in sports in childhood and adolescence and physical activity in adulthood: A systematic review

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MBMariana Biagi BatistaUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul CRCatiana Leila Possamai RomanziniUniversidade Estadual de Londrina CBCynthia Correa Lopes BarbosaUniversidade Estadual de Londrina

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Systematic review reveals a moderate to strong link between youth sports participation and adult physical activity, indicating that early athletic involvement promotes lifelong exercise habits.

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To systematically review the scientific literature assessing the association between participation in sports during childhood and adolescence and physical activity levels in adulthood.
Conducted a systematic literature search across Medline (PubMed), Web of Science, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, LILACS, and SciELO databases.
Followed PRISMA Flow Diagram guidelines, identifying 29 articles that met all criteria for inclusion and analysis.
Only 3 included studies found no association, whereas positive relationships were identified as weak in 7%, moderate in 62%, and strong in 21% of analyzed studies.
Higher levels of adult physical activity were specifically associated with higher weekly frequencies of youth sports participation, persistence of at least 3 years, and reaching higher competitive or practice levels.

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Batista et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1e7e3f40bc8a3dd768f8d9 https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1627696

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Systematic review reveals a moderate to strong link between youth sports participation and adult physical activity, indicating that early athletic involvement promotes lifelong exercise habits.

Participation in sports in childhood and adolescence and physical activity in adulthood: A systematic review

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Participation in sports in childhood and adolescence and physical activity in adulthood: A systematic review

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