Tracking of physical activity behaviours during childhood, adolescence and young adulthood: a systematic review
- 1Division of Population Sciences and Education, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- 2Department of Sport, Culture and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Background
Many health promotion programmes for physical activity are targeted during childhood and adolescence, as these life stages are seen to be important for the development of health behaviours. The underlying assumption is that physical activity will become habitual or “track” (ie will be a stable aspect of behaviour between different ages). Given the considerable variation between studies in the extent to which physical activity demonstrates tracking, this systematic review examined studies that provided data on the tracking of physical …
