Change in general and domain-specific physical activity during the transition from primary to secondary education: a systematic review

GE Spruijtenburg, F van Abswoude, ILJ Adams… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Knowledge of changes in the domains of physical activity (PA) during the
transition period from primary to secondary education and the factors associated with these …

Conceptualizing, defining, and measuring before-school physical activity: a review with exploratory analysis of adolescent data

J Woodforde, S Gomersall… - Journal for the …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Physical activity (PA) among children and adolescents is often reported by time segments
centered around the school day, including before school. However, there is no consistent …

The role of school in helping children and adolescents reach the physical activity recommendations: The UP&DOWN study

A Grao‐Cruces, V Segura‐Jiménez… - Journal of School …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The aims were to:(1) examine the levels of physical activity
(PA) during different time periods (ie, daily PA, school hour PA, recess PA, physical …

Parental expectations and child screen and academic sedentary behaviors in China

M Li, H Xue, W Wang, Y Wang - American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction This study examined sociodemographic patterns of parental expectations for
academic performance, terminal degree, and future occupation for middle school students in …

[HTML][HTML] Using wearable cameras to categorize the type and context of screen-based behaviors among adolescents: observational study

G Thomas, JA Bennie, K De Cocker… - JMIR Pediatrics and …, 2022 - pediatrics.jmir.org
Background Automated wearable cameras present a new opportunity to accurately assess
human behavior. However, this technology is seldom used in the study of adolescent's …

Critical hours and important environments: relationships between afterschool physical activity and the physical environment using GPS, GIS and accelerometers in 10 …

T Remmers, C Thijs, D Ettema, S de Vries… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Introduction: The objective of this study was to assess relationships between children's
physical environment and afterschool leisure time physical activity (PA) and active transport …

Investigating longitudinal context-specific physical activity patterns in transition from primary to secondary school using accelerometers, GPS, and GIS

T Remmers, D Van Kann, S Kremers, D Ettema… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Previous longitudinal studies indicate that physical activity (PA) significantly
declines from primary-to secondary school, and report both changes in individual and …

Changes in physical activity in the school, afterschool, and evening periods during the transition from elementary to middle school

EY Lau, M Dowda, KL McIver… - Journal of school health, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND We examined longitudinal changes in children's physical
activity during the school day, afterschool, and evening across fifth, sixth, and seventh …

Dietary intake and lifestyle behaviors of children in Mauritius

D Bundhun, S Rampadarath, D Puchooa, R Jeewon - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
The purpose of the study was to explore the dietary intake, fruit, vegetable and energy intake
and lifestyle behaviors among Mauritian children. A validated questionnaire was used …

Novel patterns of physical activity in a large sample of preschool-aged children

RM Ruiz, EC Sommer, D Tracy, JA Banda… - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), shown to be associated with
health benefits, is not well-characterized in preschool-aged children. MVPA is commonly …