BACKGROUND: While studies have determined the importance of physical activity in
advancing health outcomes, relatively few have explored the relationship between exercise …

This study examinedchanges inphysicalactivity andperceivedexercise benefits, barriers,
andbenefit-to-barrierdifferencesinmothersanddaughtersw… 12-week home-based (HB) and …

Objective: To determine the level of moderate–vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA)
assessed via self-report and accelerometer in the college population, and to examine …

The benefits of physical activity in youth have been documented for aerobic fitness, blood
lipids, blood pressure, body composition, glucose, insulin, skeletal health, and psychological …

Background: The importance of youth physical activity (PA) for adulthood PA, performance,
and health was retrospectively evaluated. Methods: A total of 258,146 participants (49 …

OBJECTIVES: To outline the prevalence and disparities of physical activity among school‐
aged urban minority youth, causal pathways through which low levels of physical activity …

PURPOSE: To examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between
socioeconomic status (SES), gender, sports participation and moderate-to-vigorous physical …

The aim of this essay is to provide an overview of initiatives designed to increase physical
activity among different populations and in different settings, and to set the context for the …

SurgeonGeneral (United States Department of Health and Human Services, 1996) clearly
presents those benefits. Unfortunately, as the research supporting the benefits of physical …

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors explaining regular physical
activity among Canadian adolescents. Design. A cohort study conducted over a period of 2 …