ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Schools are an important setting for improving behaviors
associated with obesity, including physical activity. However, within schools there is often a …

Objectives The purpose of this research was to have ethnically diverse, 9-to 13-year-olds
who live in urban, low-income households use Photovoice to represent their physical activity …

Background: Identifying parental perceived barriers might contribute to strategies to promote
physical activity in children. This study aimed to observe parental perceived barriers for 6-to …

Teacher effectiveness (TE) is defined as a set of strategies implemented by the teacher to
ensure the multidimensional development of students. This effectiveness has usually been …

Background Increasing children's participation in physical activity and decreasing time spent
in sedentary behaviours is of great importance to public health. Despite living in …

Objectives: In this study, we examined physical activity (PA) levels among Jewish and Arab
adolescents in Israel, as well as factors associated with PA. We used a socio-ecological …

Low levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) are consistently reported for
children from industrialized countries. Perennially inadequate levels of MVPA have been …

In October 2009, JOPERD published a special issue about “Engaging Urban Youths in
Physical Education and Physical Activity.” Seven years later, many of the considerations …

Aside from a student's personal desire to pursue higher education, a culture of high
expectations in a school can have important consequences on the individual's achievement …

Physical activity and healthy eating have long been promoted as key strategies in tackling
the 'wicked problem'of obesity. Both practices are assumed to go hand-in-hand, but whether …