Objectives Despite the relationship between physical activity (PA) and learning outcomes,
the school system has not been able to support the inclusion of PA throughout the day. A …

Background: Children and adolescents do not meet the current recommendations on
physical activity (PA), and as such, the health-related benefits of regular PA are not …

Background As mobile technology continues expanding, researchers have been using
mobile phones to conduct health interventions (mobile health—mHealth—interventions) …

Background We examined the correlations between living arrangement and the physical
activity (PA) levels of youth aged 9–19 years while accounting for demographic factors such …

Active transportation to school (ATS) is a recognized way to increase physical activity (PA).
However, girls and young women do not regularly use ATS despite the many documented …

This study explored the frame-setting and frame-sending process of media who reported on
the 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Through …

In the context of rising screen time, only a third of Canadian children are achieving adequate
amounts of active play, an important source of physical activity. ParticipACTION, a national …

Children's active outdoor play (AOP) is an unstructured physical activity that takes place
outdoors during a child's free time. Despite its association with health and well-being …

Today's children and youth are facing three major challenges:(1) poor mental health,(2)
physical inactivity and (3) lack of school readiness. Fundamental movement skills (FMS) and …

Background: Canadian children and youth are not getting enough physical activity (PA), and
spend on average 8.6 waking hours of their day in a sedentary state. Current trends of PA …