Obese children have attended weight loss camps and residential programmes for more than
40 years. This paper provides the first systematic review of the effects of those programmes …

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Increasing physical activity: a quantitative synthesis [Epidemiology] DISHMAN, ROD K.; …

Numerous methods are available to assess physical activity (PA) but systematic observation
(SO) excels in being able to provide contextually rich data on the setting in which the activity …

The current review provides the first comprehensive metaanalysis of the childhood and
adolescent obesity treatment literature. A total of 41 controlled, treatment outcome studies …

Residential activity camps have been widely studied for their positive outcomes providing a
broad multi-disciplinary analysis of the effects of camps in a range of contexts. However …

Examined the relation of dependency to psychological distress among youngsters adapting
to summer sleep-away camp. Levels of dependency, self-criticism, and psychological …

This essay describes how environmental conditions affected my unexpected evolution from
farm life in a rural Canadian community to becoming a physical education specialist and …

This paper summarizes the first-ever IOHSK distinguished lecture. It briefly describes Dr.
McKenzie's lengthy research career, identifies the importance of physical activity to public …

As evident by papers in this Special Section, there are diverse people characteristics (some
visible, some not) that limit children and adolescents from engaging actively during physical …

The purpose of this multi-case study was to provide insight into the social interaction and
physical activity patterns of overweight and non-overweight children. Qualitative research …