Regular physical activity (PA) reduces the health risk of childhood obesity and associated
chronic diseases as well as mental health problems. Since PA declines as children age as …

BACKGROUND: In children, sports aims to obtain positive emotions and improve health and
personal development. Sports injuries are associated with various risk factors, such as sex …

Background: This is the first assessment of the Republic of Slovenia's efforts to synthesize
and report physical activity (PA) standards for children and youth following the Active …

Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between age groups for the
measured variables (F= 9.27; p< 0.01; η2= 0.26), suggesting a moderate difference across …

School recess represents one of the few opportunities during the school day where children
can typically engage in freely chosen leisure activities with their peers. An effective way to …

Factors related to physical behaviour of children are important in understanding the
characteristics of their physical activity. Apart from the factors of physical environment, social …

There is evidence that physical activity (PA) can improve the academic performance. We
recruited healthy adolescent girls, aged 11–12 years, and measured their PA with the …

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to establish the effective time parameters of
physical education (PE) lessons and the amount of time that children spent in moderate to …

Objectives This study illustrates the utility of the Rosetta Stone equations for comparing
estimates of preschool-age children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) across …

Methods: We surveyed 631 participants, of which there were 282 boys and 349 girls from
eight Slovenian primary schools. Frequencies were calculated and a Chi-square test was …