Sedentary patterns, physical activity and health-related physical fitness in youth: a cross-sectional study

Strong evidence indicates that moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is positively associated with fitness in youth, independent of total sedentary-time. Sedentary-time appears negatively associated with fitness only when it replaces MVPA. However, whether different sedentary-patterns affect health-related fitness is unknown.The associations between MVPA and sedentary-patterns with physical fitness were examined in 2698 youths (1262 boys)...