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Physical activity is necessary to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Mainly guidelines suggest 150 minutes of physical activity weekly must be obtained to live a healthy life. There are many factors in each person’s life that determines the activity level of their lifestyle. A study done in Norway suggests youth sports has an influence on how active a person will be as an adult. There have been many suggestions that organized youth sports have an impact on an adult’s activity level, so researchers in Norway decided to conduct a study to see if this was accurate. The purpose of this study was to see if sustained youth sport participation related to the amount of physical activity one gets when they reach adulthood. Another purpose of this study was to determine if youth sports effected male’s adult physical activity more than females. This study relates to childhood obesity because it has been said physical activity is a huge stepping stone to reducing obesity. In this study, children from the ages of 13 to 16 years are participating in sports, which is a means of physi...