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Why should the Next Generation of Youth Guidelines Prioritize Vigorous Physical Activity?
Article in Sports medicine - open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Early Cardiac Dysfunction in Adolescents With Low Vigorous Physical Activity.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Trial
- The associations between speed performance and health outcomes in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026Review
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- Vigorous But Not Moderate Physical Activity Is Associated With Reduced Cardiovascular Disease Risk In Young Hispanic Men.The American journal of cardiology · 2025Article
- A Response To "Why Should the Next Generation of Youth Guidelines Prioritize Vigorous Physical Activity?"Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- Body Fat and Obesity Rates, Cardiovascular Fitness, and the Feasibility of a Low-Intensity Non-Weight-Centric Educational Intervention Among Late Adolescents: Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
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Abstract
The health benefits of regular physical activity (PA) in youth are well-documented. Yet the adherence rate to PA guidelines among youth worldwide is alarmingly deficient with only 19% of youth worldwide adhering to the World Health Organization guidelines. This is reflective of a global proliferation of a physical inactivity pandemic among youth. The negative consequences of physical inactivity on health are profound, as they threaten to persist into adulthood, exacerbating the burden of preventable health issues. There is persuasive evidence that vigorous PA generates physical fitness and health benefits surpassing those of low- or moderate-intensity activity in youth. In addition, indications show that the adherence rate to vigorous PA among youth exceeds that relative to for low- or moderate-intensity activity. As a result, promoting vigorous PA can help mitigate the global issue of low adherence to PA in youth. Therefore, in this Current Opinion paper, we argue that vigorous PA, compared to low or moderate-intensity activity, holds greater significance for youth's health and physical fitness. Additionally, the potential implications derived from the existing evidence regarding vigorous PA on the current guidelines for youth are discussed.
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