Combatting sedentary behaviors by delivering remote physical exercise in children and adolescents with obesity in the COVID-19 era: a narrative review

M Vandoni, R Codella, R Pippi, V Carnevale Pellino… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The coexistence of childhood obesity (or its risk) and COVID-19 pandemic put children and
adolescents in greater risk to develop respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In fact, the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of mobile health including wearable activity trackers to increase physical activity outcomes among healthy children and adolescents: systematic review

B Böhm, SD Karwiese, H Böhm… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
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 …

Global matrix 2.0: report card grades on the physical activity of children and youth comparing 38 countries

MS Tremblay, JD Barnes… - … of physical activity …, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance organized the concurrent preparation of Report
Cards on the physical activity of children and youth in 38 countries from 6 continents …

Physical activity, screen viewing time, and overweight/obesity among Chinese children and adolescents: an update from the 2017 physical activity and fitness in China …

Z Zhu, Y Tang, J Zhuang, Y Liu, X Wu, Y Cai, L Wang… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background With increases in inactive lifestyles and mounting pressure for academic
excellence in Chinese younger populations, lack of physical activity and increased …

National physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies in 76 countries: availability, comprehensiveness, implementation, and effectiveness

B Klepac Pogrmilovic, A Ramirez Varela… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Evidence on current, national physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour
(SB) policies is limited. We, therefore, analysed availability, comprehensiveness …

Excessive screen time and psychosocial well-being: the mediating role of body mass index, sleep duration, and parent-child interaction

J Zhao, Y Zhang, F Jiang, P Ip, FKW Ho, Y Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the relationship between excessive screen time and psychosocial
well-being in preschool children, and the potential mediating role of body mass index, sleep …

[HTML][HTML] Physical activity among Chinese school-aged children: national prevalence estimates from the 2016 Physical Activity and Fitness in China—The Youth Study

X Fan, ZB Cao - Journal of sport and health science, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose This study was to present national estimates of participating in moderate-to-
vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and adherence to the recommendations of 60 min/day of …

Results from the United States 2018 report card on physical activity for children and youth

PT Katzmarzyk, KD Denstel… - … of Physical Activity …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the results of the 2018 United States (US) Report
Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth (Figure 1), which provides a …

Active parents, active children: The importance of parental organized physical activity in children's extracurricular sport participation

D Rodrigues, C Padez… - Journal of Child …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigated whether parental participation in organized and unorganized
physical activity (PA) was associated with children's participation in extracurricular sport. The …

Obesity, physical activity, and sedentary behaviors in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder compared with typically developing peers

SM McCoy, K Morgan - Autism, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Decreased engagement in beneficial physical activity and increased levels of sedentary
behavior and unhealthy weight are a continued public health concern in adolescents …