Health-Related Fitness in Sport

Dear Colleagues,

Physical activity is defined as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that involves the expenditure of energy. Globally, the level of physical inactivity is very high: one out of four adults and three out of four adolescents do not meet the recommendations of the World Health Organization. Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for mortality worldwide. Economic and technological developments have led adolescents to use means of motorized transport, increase their daily screen time, and spend many hours sitting, which cause increases in physical inactivity. Having high levels of physical activity improves health-related fitness. Among the variables of health-related fitness, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength, endurance and power can be highlighted.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on health-related fitness in adolescents and young adults in sports. New research articles, reviews, metanalyses, and case reports are welcome to this Special Issue. Papers dealing with new approaches to improve adolescent physical activity levels are also welcome. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by experts in each topic.

Dr. Ángela Rodríguez-Perea
Dr. Ignacio Jesús Chirosa Ríos
Dr. Dario Martínez-García
Guest Editors

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