Asia–Pacific consensus statement on integrated 24-hour activity guidelines for the early years

BKG Loo, A Okely, R Taylor, R Novotny… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Early childhood is a vital period for development and growth. Promoting
beneficial lifestyle behaviours in early childhood can help optimise children's health …

[HTML][HTML] Correlates of children's dietary intake, physical activity and sedentary behavior in home-based childcare: A systematic review

EM Kerr, L Hewitt, ST Ryan, J Norman, B Kelly… - Preventive Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
This systematic review assessed the correlates of children's dietary intake, physical activity
and sedentary behavior in home-based childcare. A systematic search of five databases …

Wearable artificial intelligence for assessing physical activity in high school children

A Ahmed, S Aziz, U Qidwai, F Farooq, J Shan… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Eighty one percent of adolescents aged 11–17 years are inadequately physically active
worldwide. Physical activity (PA) recommendations for high school children have not been …

When are children most physically active? An analysis of preschool age children's physical activity levels

G Díaz-Quesada, MÁ Gálvez-Calabria, JD Connor… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
The levels of physical activity (PA) in the population have decreased, especially at an early
age. The aims of the study were: to evaluate the percentage of children meeting PA …

Effects of kindergarten, family environment, and physical activity on children's physical fitness

W Huang, J Luo, Y Chen - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
To explore the relationship between kindergarten environmental factors, children's physical
activity, and physical fitness, this study uses the stratified random sampling method to obtain …

Barriers and facilitators to toddlers' physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, as perceived by teachers, principals and parents: A challenge for the early …

H Vega-Perona, MM Bernabé-Villodre… - Education …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of our study was to explore the barriers and facilitators that teachers, principals, and
parents face when adapting to COVID-19 pandemic scenario in terms of promoting toddlers' …

A randomised controlled trial of an implementation strategy delivered at scale to increase outdoor free play opportunities in early childhood education and care (ECEC …

SL Yoong, N Pearson, K Reilly, L Wolfenden, J Jones… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Increased outdoor play time in young children is associated with many health
and developmental benefits. This study aims to evaluate the impact of a multi-strategy …

Creating a mark of reference about the use of positioning technology in preschool-aged children based on a systematic review

M Rico-González, J Pino-Ortega… - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Technological development has experienced exponential growth, providing more
opportunity for enhancing scientific progress based on objective measures. To date …

The impact of new government childcare accreditation standards on children's in-care physical activity and sedentary time

V Carson, Z Zhang, N Kuzik, KB Adamo, M Predy… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background A new physical activity and sedentary behaviour accreditation standard
criterion for childcare settings was introduced by the provincial government in Alberta …

Role of Spanish toddlers' education and care institutions in achieving physical activity recommendations in the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study

H Vega-Perona, I Estevan, YC García-Ochoa… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
To our knowledge, there are no published studies that describe the physical activity (PA)
levels and objectively measure them through accelerometry in toddlers (2–3 years old) …