According to a Women's Sports Foundation study, if a girl does not participate in sport by the time she is 10, then:

• A. she is five times as likely to be obese as an adult
• B. she will not make her high school varsity team
• C. there is only a 10 percent chance that she will participate when she is 25
• D. she will miss out on opportunities to learn important leadership traits

Answer: (C)

Early sport participation and its impact on later involvement. The study from the Women's Sports Foundation highlights how missing sport opportunities by age ten dramatically lowers the odds of being involved in sport years later—specifically, about a 10 percent chance of participating at age 25. This shows that early experiences with sport can set patterns, skills, and social support that persist into adulthood, making continued participation more likely when a child starts young. The statistic provided is the most direct reflection of the study’s finding because it quantifies the probability of later involvement tied to an early participation threshold. The other statements don’t capture that precise predictive link: obesity risk is a broader health outcome not the study’s focus on continued participation; making a high school varsity team, while important, is an immediate snapshot and not the long-term probability the study reports; and missing leadership traits speaks to potential benefits of sport but isn’t the specific late-adolescent/adult participation statistic described.