There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

Background Evidence suggests that participation in physical activity may support young
people's current and future mental health. Although previous reviews have examined the …

The current and long-term health of 14.4 million children and adolescents is affected by
obesity, 1, 2 making it one of the most common pediatric chronic diseases. 3–5 Long …

Obesity is one of the best-documented outcomes of screen media exposure. Many
observational studies find relationships between screen media exposure and increased …

Background The global prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity is high. Lifestyle
changes towards a healthy diet, increased physical activity and reduced sedentary activities …

Serious games are digital games that have an additional goal beyond entertainment.
Recently, many studies have explored different quality criteria for serious games, including …

Objective To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis for the effects of physical
activity intervention on self-esteem and self-concept in children and adolescents, and to …

The COVID-19 outbreak has led to wide-scale self-isolation, as a result of the quarantine
period recommended by the World Health Organization. Consequently, people's mental …

The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of commercial video games (VGs) in
physical rehabilitation of motor functions. Several databases were screened (Medline, SAGE …

Physical activity interventions are often implemented in the adolescent mental health care
practice to prevent or treat psychosocial problems. To date, no systematic review of the effect …