Background The benefits of physical activity for the mental health and well-being of children
and young people are well-established. Increased physical activity during school hours is …

Background: Environmental and policy approaches are promising strategies to raise
population-wide rates of physical activity; yet, little attention has been paid to the …

Background Multi‐strategic community wide interventions for physical activity are
increasingly popular but their ability to achieve population level improvements is unknown …

Background: Taking a representative snapshot of physical activity intervention trial findings
published between 1996 and 2006, we empirically evaluated participant characteristics …

During the past decade, numerous intervention studies have been published on the
effectiveness of programs to promote active living; however, few studies have addressed the …

BACKGROUND: This systematic review aims to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of
physical activity interventions targeted at healthy adults and to identify effective intervention …

Disparities in physical activity and health outcomes exist between urban and rural youth.
School settings can be utilized to promote physical activity in youth regardless of urban …

Physical activity recommendations summarise the evidence on how much and what kind of
physical activity enhance health and suggest target activity levels for different population …

Objective It is unknown how much previous reviews on promoting physical activity (PA) for
children and adolescents (aged 6–18 years) take into account studies from low-and middle …

Regular physical activity is associated with a decreased risk of many chronic health
conditions including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and mental illness (23) …