Background: Accumulating sufficient moderate to vigorous physical activity is recognized as
a key determinant of physical, physiological, developmental, mental, cognitive, and social …

Background The measurement of physical fitness has a history that dates back nearly 200
years. Recently, there has been an increase in international research and surveillance on …

The Republic of Slovenia implements the largest longitudinal database of child physical
fitness in the world–SLOfit. Slovenia has some of the most physically active children …

The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes that physical activity in childhood is
essential for healthy development, for short-and long-term physical and mental health, for …

This study analyses the changes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in a
cohort of boys and girls aged 11 (n= 50) and 14 (n= 50). Physical activity was assessed with …

Background: To better understand the childhood physical inactivity crisis, Report Cards on
physical activity of children and youth were prepared concurrently in 30 very high Human …

It is vital from the public health and educational perspective to be familiar with changes in
the fitness levels of individuals and populations since fitness is associated with several …

Low physical fitness has been found to be associated with many chronic diseases and
medical conditions. Knowledge of secular trends in physical fitness is important to initiate …

Abstract Background/Objective The second edition of the Czech Republic's Report Card on
Physical Activity for Children and Youth was released in 2022. This paper describes the …

Social and school closures during the COVID‐19 pandemic may have led to significant
stagnation in children's motor development, but precise data on this are lacking. We aimed …