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Physical activity affects boys and girls differently

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DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/07/physical-activity-affects-boys-and-girls-differently/

Girls do not lose body fat from being more physically active. Nor is how round they are connected to how active they are. But researchers have found these links for boys.

Being physically active has major health benefits. But physical activity affects boys and girls differently. New research has examined the relationship between body fat and physical activity in children.

“We looked at the connection between objectively measured physical activity and the proportion of body fat in girls and boys,” says Silje Steinsbekk, a professor at NTNU’s Department of Psychology.

The researchers measured participants’ body composition rather than their weight and height. They posed such questions as:

Does increased physical activity lead to a lower percentage of body fat over time? Or is it perhaps the other way around, that people who gain more body fat over time become less physically active?

DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/07/physical-activity-affects-boys-and-girls-differently/
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