Associations of physical activity and gross motor skills with executive function in preschool children from low‐income South African settings

CJ Cook, SJ Howard, G Scerif, R Twine… - Developmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… executive function, physical activity and gross motor skills across … , children in both settings
had very high levels of physicallinking gross motor and cognitive skills in preschool children. …

[HTML][HTML] Association between fundamental motor skills and physical activity in the early years: A systematic review and meta-analysis

D Jones, A Innerd, EL Giles, LB Azevedo - Journal of sport and health …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Engagement in physical activity (PA) in the early years of childhood brings a range of positive
health outcomes, such as improvement in adiposity, cognitive development, and bone and …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity and motor skills in children: A differentiated approach

LC Dapp, V Gashaj, CM Roebers - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2021 - Elsevier
… Being physically active plays an essential role in a child's physical development. While … for
a positive association between physical activity (PA) and motor skills in children, the question …

Association of physical education with improvement of health-related physical fitness outcomes and fundamental motor skills among youths: a systematic review and …

A García-Hermoso, AM Alonso-Martínez… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
… , such as physical fitness and FMSs, which are both associated with … association of quality-
and quantity-based PE interventions with health-related physical fitness and FMSs in children

Physical fitness, physical activity, and the executive function in children with overweight and obesity

J Mora-Gonzalez, I Esteban-Cornejo… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… The aims of the present study were to examine the association of each physical fitness … not
find any significant association between physical activity and the executive function. However, …

The relationship between motor competence and physical fitness from early childhood to early adulthood: a meta-analysis

T Utesch, F Bardid, D Büsch, B Strauss - Sports medicine, 2019 - Springer
levels of physical activity are associated with increased levels of overweight and obese children
and … In view of these negative trends and the importance of physical activity in health [3], …

Physical activity and prospective associations with indicators of health and development in children aged< 5 years: a systematic review

SLC Veldman, MJM Chin A Paw… - … and Physical Activity, 2021 - Springer
… young children. The aim of this article is to critically summarize the evidence on the prospective
association of physical activity with health indicators and development in children aged < …

Children's physical activity, academic performance, and cognitive functioning: a systematic review and meta-analysis

V Sember, G Jurak, M Kovač, SA Morrison… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… Researching the relationship between physical activity and academic performance is …
Low levels of PA, on the other hand, lead to low cardiorespiratory fitness and are associated

Relationship between fundamental motor skill competence, perceived physical competence and free-play physical activity in children

E Tsuda, JD Goodway, R Famelia… - … quarterly for exercise …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… Engaging in physical activity is often associated with positive health outcomes, such as less
chronic disease, healthy weight, or reduce the risk of cancers (Centers for Disease Control …

Motor competence, perceived physical competence, physical fitness, and physical activity within Finnish children

T Jaakkola, M Huhtiniemi, K Salin… - … journal of medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
physical activity for a longer period of time and also is consistently associated with MC across
childhood … the relationship between actual MC and physical activity.8 Khodaverdi et al28 is …