Recent secular trends in child and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behavior internationally: analyses of active healthy kids global alliance global matrices …

JJ Reilly, J Barnes, S Gonzalez… - … of Physical Activity …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: We examined recent global secular trends in 5 indicators of child and
adolescent physical activity and sedentary behavior (Overall Physical Activity, Organized …

Motivation for physical activity in university students and its relation with gender, amount of activities, and sport satisfaction

I Sáez, J Solabarrieta, I Rubio - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Motivation can be considered a critical factor in encouraging and maintaining
physical activity. Despite the many health benefits offered by physical activity, a significant …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance to improve physical activity of children and adolescents

JJ Reilly, S Aubert, J Brazo-Sayavera… - Bulletin of the World …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes that physical activity in childhood is
essential for healthy development, for short-and long-term physical and mental health, for …

Changes in physical activity and sedentary time during adolescence: Gender differences during weekdays and weekend days

J Kallio, H Hakonen, H Syväoja… - … journal of medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the gender‐specific and time‐
segmented changes in accelerometer measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary time …

Age‐related change in sedentary behavior during childhood and adolescence: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

E Kontostoli, AP Jones, N Pearson, L Foley… - Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sedentary behaviors are highly prevalent in youth and may be associated with markers of
physical and mental health. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to quantify the …

Adherence to the World Health Organization's physical activity recommendation in preschool-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of accelerometer …

M Bourke, A Haddara, A Loh, V Carson… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommend that preschool-
aged children should engage in 180 min of total physical activity (TPA) including 60 min of …

Homes became the “everything space” during COVID-19: impact of changes to the home environment on children's physical activity and sitting

MPR Sheldrick, NJ Swindell, AB Richards… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background During the 2020 UK COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, children spent
almost all of their time at home, which had a significant influence on their physical activity …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of age-related change in physical activity during the transition from elementary to high school

RR Pate, RP Saunders, SET Ross, M Dowda - Preventive medicine reports, 2022 - Elsevier
This study was designed: 1) to describe patterns of age-related change in total and
moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in children as they transitioned from …

Motor skill competence and moderate-and vigorous-intensity physical activity: a linear and non-linear cross-sectional analysis of eight pooled trials

LM Barnett, S Verswijveren, B Colvin… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Few studies have examined the relationship between motor skill competence
and device-measured physical activity in large samples and none have used non-linear …

Correlation of motor competence and social-emotional wellbeing in preschool children

S Salaj, M Masnjak - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The relations of motor skills to different developmental domains, ie, cognitive,
emotional, and social domain, are well-documented in research on children with poor motor …