%0 Journal Article
%T Developmental Origins of Physical Fitness: The Helsinki Birth Cohort Study
%A Minna K. Salonen
%A Eero Kajantie
%A Clive Osmond
%A Tom Fors¨¦n
%A Hilkka Ylih£¿rsil£¿
%A Maria Paile-Hyv£¿rinen
%A D. J. P. Barker
%A Johan G. Eriksson
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0022302
%X Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a major factor influencing health and disease outcomes including all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease. Importantly CRF is also modifiable and could therefore have a major public health impact. Early life exposures play a major role in chronic disease development. Our aim was to explore the potential prenatal and childhood origins of CRF in later life.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0022302