Fitness & Wellness
Extremely low birth weight reduces physical fitness in adolescence
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 29th, 2005
Scientists in Canada conducted a study "to compare aerobic capacity, strength, flexibility, and activity level in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) adolescents at 17 years of age with term-born control subjects. Fifty-three ELBW teens of birth weight {{<=}}800 g were assessed at 17.3 years (16.3-19.7 years; birth weight: 720 g [520-800 g]; gestation: 26 weeks [23-29 weeks]) along with term-born control subjects (n=31) at age 17.8 years (16.5-19.0 years; birth weight: 3506 g [3,068-4,196 g]; gestation: weeks 40 [39-42 weeks])."
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