This narrative review describes the available scientific evidence regarding promising school-
based strategies to increase physical activity of adolescents. We conducted a literature …

Physical activity during pregnancy has been associated with significant health benefits;
however, most women in the United States do not meet the current guidelines. This …

Background The health benefits of physical activity are widely established, including
decreased risk for disease and improved mental well-being. Yet many children, adolescents …

In the United States, more than 54 million young people are enrolled in elementary and
secondary schools. Because young people attend school about six hours a day …

Los elevados niveles de sedentarismo y obesidad en la edad adolescente han motivado
que la promoción de la Actividad Física (AF) orientada hacia la salud se constituya como …

OBJECTIVE The influence on diabetes of the timing and duration of obesity across the high-
risk period of adolescence to young adulthood has not been investigated in a population …

Overweight and obese populations in Asia are high and increasing rapidly. Physical activity
prevalence studies have found low physical activity rates among Asian school-age children …

ObjectiveTo examine the prospective association of television (TV) watching from
adolescence to young adulthood with BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio …

Background: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate self-reported physical activity of young
adults using 1-week and 1-year recall measures with an accelerometer as the criterion …

The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reproducibility of a self-report
questionnaire on sedentary behavior (Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire: ASAQ) …