Abstract
Purpose
The transition from adolescence to young adulthood is categorized by substantial changes
in one's activity behaviors, which may have important implications for health. To
date, no reviews have systematically investigated the evidence of tracking for both
physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) specifically during this transition
period.
Methods
Web of Science, PubMed, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, and CINAHL were searched for articles
that examined the tracking of PA and SB in adolescents (aged 9–18 years) through young
adulthood (aged 19–25 years) published between the years of 2000 and 2018. Studies
were also compared on methodologic quality.
Results
Sixteen studies met the inclusion criteria. The tracking correlations for both the
frequency and duration of PA were low-to-moderate. Gender differences were observed
in the tracking of PA frequency and duration. Studies that examined the tracking of
SB were less frequent, making it difficult to determine how SB tracks from adolescence
to young adulthood.
Conclusions
Generally, PA was shown to track moderately from adolescence through young adulthood.
The lack of studies reporting on the tracking of SB indicates that this area should
be a target for future research. Future tracking studies should consider appropriate
gold-standard objective methodologies and statistical analysis techniques that report
fixed outcomes.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 24, 2019
Accepted:
March 21,
2019
Received:
January 10,
2019
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors of this article.
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