title: The Relationship between the Level of Fatness and Fitness during Adolescence and the Risk Factors of Metabolic Disorders in Adulthood.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of the current study was to investigate the association between the level of obesity and physical fitness (PF) during adolescence and the risk factors of metabolic disorders during adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the current analysis, 3,993 Korean adults (mean age, 38.70 +/- 1.69 years) were recruited. The level of body index (BI) and PF were examined during adolescence through high school record, and their health examination data, including systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting glucose (FG), total cholesterol (TC), and current body mass index (BMI) were obtained from National Health Insurance Corporation Data. Gender-specific analyses were administered to compare health exam data across the level of BI, the level of PF, and a mixed level of BI and PF.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most obese males during high school had statistically higher SBP, DBP, FG, and BMI in adulthood, and most obese females had higher BMI, as compared to most lean males or females. Least fit males during high school had statistically higher BMI in adulthood, and least fit females had statistically higher SBP, DBP, FG, TC, and BMI, as compared to most fit males or females. There was a significant relationship between the mixed level of BI and PF and SBP, DBP, TC and current BMI in both genders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Maintaining a healthy level of body weight and PF during adolescence is recommended to prevent the development of metabolic diseases in adulthood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoonsuk
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jekal
authors.forename: Ji Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Sang Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sun Ha
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jee
authors.forename: Justin Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jeon