Valente-dos-Santos J, et al. - Researchers pursued a comparison of total and regional bone and soft-tissue composition between female adolescent swimmers and volleyball players. Using food frequency questionnaires, dietary intake was obtained. Using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD), lean soft tissue, and fat tissue were evaluated. Using student t-tests for independent samples and multivariate analysis of covariance, comparisons between swimmers and volleyball players were performed. Compared to non-loading sports such as swimming, youth female athletes who take part in high-intensity weight-loading activities such as volleyball showed moderately higher levels of BMD at the lower limbs.