Kaitlyn D’Onofrio

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Adolescents with&nbsp;a firm hand grip are at increased odds to be healthy overtime, a study published in&nbsp;The Journal of Pediatrics&nbsp;found.&nbsp;The two-year study is the first of its kind in that it followed participants&rsquo; health overtime.&nbsp;Researchers followed a group of boys and girls from the fall of their fourth-grade school year until the end of fifth grade. They measured grip strength based on body mass&nbsp;(normalized grip strength [NGS])&nbsp;and classified subjects as weak or strong based on previous cutoffs.&nbsp;For both sexes, lower NGSs were indicative of health decline or poor health persistence when compared to the stronger children&nbsp;(boys: 60.2% vs 15.3%; girls: 51% vs 21.9%). Children with high NGSs were more likely to have health maintenance (OR 3.54) and health improvement (OR 1.30).&nbsp;Once children crossed the threshold to be considered strong, further increase in NGS did not significantly improve their health.&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Grip strength of children gives clues about their future health "this study suggests that greater emphasis needs to be placed on improving and maintaining muscular strength during adolescence." <a href="https://t.co/OSEElOjlXn">https://t.co/OSEElOjlXn</a>
&mdash; TeamSafe&#8203;&reg;Sports (@teamsafesports) <a href="https://twitter.com/teamsafesports/status/1029361828764241920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>In analyzing the data, researchers accounted for other factors, including&nbsp;baseline fat-free mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and physical activity.&nbsp;The study suggests that in addition to maintaining a healthy diet and exercising,&nbsp;it is also important for adolescents to build muscular strength.&nbsp;Senior&nbsp;study&nbsp;author Paul M. Gordon, PhD, said that one major benefit of the study is how simple it is to conduct and replicate.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Children who exercise have more brain power, finds study <a href="https://t.co/UVfaR7j2ks">https://t.co/UVfaR7j2ks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/health?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#health</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/education?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#education</a> <a href="https://t.co/5EfvwbdWPM">pic.twitter.com/5EfvwbdWPM</a>
&mdash; World Economic Forum (@wef) <a href="https://twitter.com/wef/status/1028098788060213248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>&nbsp;&ldquo;Given that grip strength is a simple indicator for all-cause death, cardiovascular death and cardiovascular disease in adults, future research is certainly warranted to better understand how weakness during childhood tracks into and throughout adulthood,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Testing grip strength is simple, non-invasive and can easily be done in a health care professional&rsquo;s office. It has value for adults and children.&rdquo;&nbsp;Researchers concluded: &ldquo;Low NGS could be used as a prognostic indicator of cardiometabolic risk and to identify adolescents who would benefit most from lifestyle interventions to improve muscular fitness.&rdquo;&nbsp;Source:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/top-medical-news/article/2018/08/13/7541174/">MDLinx</a>, <a href="https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(18)30913-2/fulltext">The Journal of Pediatrics</a>&nbsp;

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Adolescents with a firm hand grip are at increased odds to be healthy overtime, a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics found. The two-year study is the first of ...

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