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Health-related outcomes of youth sport participation

A review of 46 longitudinal studies and meta-analysis of 38 found small-to-moderate favorable associations for physical activity, health and well-being, mental ill-being, and unhealthy body composition, but no significant pooled effect for several other outcomes and no randomized assignment to sport.

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Bjørndal et al., International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 22, 2025.

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A review of 46 longitudinal studies and meta-analysis of 38 found small-to-moderate favorable associations for physical activity, health and well-being, mental ill-being, and unhealthy body composition, but no significant pooled effect for several other outcomes and no randomized assignment to sport.

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