Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Strongly Related to the Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents
Response to Shaibi, Cruz, and Goran
- Ian Janssen, PHD12 and
- Wendy Cramp, BSC1
- 1School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- 2Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Address correspondence to Ian Janssen, PhD, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, 69 Union St., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6. E-mail: ian.janssen{at}queensu.ca
We respectfully disagree with both issues raised by Shaibi, Cruz, and Goran (1). First, we will address the comment that “associations between fitness and activity are weak at best.” The review article referenced by Shaibi, Cruz, and Goran was based on observational studies published before 1995, a time at which physical activity was measured almost exclusively by questionnaire. Since 1995, several studies have …
