“…For example, across four race/ethnicity groups of adolescents in the nationally representative Add Health sample, MVPA was lowest in non-Hispanic black and Hispanic girls 21. Similarly, varsity sport participation has been low in these two groups,22 and in overweight or obese Hispanic girls 23. More knowledge is needed about the complex, demographic relationships with physical activity and sports team that may exist in both children and adolescents, along with a better understanding of the role that athletic identity may play in promoting physical activity behavior over and beyond the impact of fundamental demographic factors that have been linked with physical activity.…”