Background: Studies with rural children are limited, and results are divergent regarding the
information on movement behaviours. Purpose: to (i) describe the physical activity and …

OBJECTIVE.: To review the available literature assessing differences in physical activity
levels of children living in different built environments classified according to land use within …

Sufficient physical activity can help promote and maintain health, while its lack can
jeopardize it. Since health and physical activity lay their foundation for later life in childhood …

Over the last decade, the lives of children in several countries, including Greece, have been
affected by recession. The aim of the present study was (a) to examine time trends in …

Background A recent review highlighted important relationships between combinations of
movement behaviours (ie, sleep, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity) and health …

Introduction The Mexican Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents
aims to assess the prevalence of movement behaviors and opportunities to perform them …

Three key health behaviors, physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB) and sleep (SLP),
have been identified by the 24-h framework as movement behaviors. School-based …

This thesis focuses on evaluating the movement behavior of children of younger school age
and their parents during a typical week, with the main aim of identifying mutual associations …

Introduction and objective. Systematic monitoring of physical activity of young populations
from different regions may be useful for making international comparisons, better …

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between biologico-demographical, sociocultural, and
environmental factors and the performance of physical activity in early childhood …