Monitoring of physical activity promotion in children and adolescents in the EU: current status and future perspectives

I Marzi, A Tcymbal, P Gelius, K Abu-Omar… - European journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Policy action is required to address physical inactivity in boys and girls. This
action can be supported by international data collection, comparisons and sharing of good …

Active healthy kids global alliance Global Matrix 4.0—A resource for physical activity researchers

MS Tremblay, JD Barnes… - … of Physical Activity …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: This brief report provides an overview of the Active Healthy Kids Global
Alliance (AHKGA); an introduction to the Global Matrix 4.0; an explanation of the value and …

The association between sedentary behavior, physical activity, and physical fitness with body mass index and sleep time in chilean girls and boys: A cross-sectional …

A Godoy-Cumillaf, P Fuentes-Merino… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: In recent decades, the school population has undergone behavioral changes
that have affected their health and adult life. The current educational scenario presents high …

Active transport to school and health-enhancing physical activity: a rapid review of European evidence

RP Bailey, J Vašíčková, R Payne, A Raya Demidoff… - Cities & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence suggests that children and adolescents fail to meet international physical activity
recommendations and are at heightened risk of non-communicable conditions, including …

Association of body weight and physical fitness during the elementary school years

C Drenowatz, ST Chen, A Cocca, G Ferrari… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Physical fitness and body weight are key correlates of health. Nevertheless, an increasing
number of children display poor physical fitness and high body weight. The aim of this study …

The differences in physical activity preferences and practices among high versus low active adolescents in secondary schools

K Frömel, D Groffik, M Kudláček, M Šafář… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to (a) identify the differences in the preferred, practiced, and organized
physical activity (PA) between high and low physically active Czech and Polish boys and …

The association between participation in organized physical activity and the structure of weekly physical activity in Polish adolescents

D Groffik, K Frömel, M Ziemba, J Mitáš - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The main aim of the study was to determine the associations of participation in organized
physical activity (OPA), and the structure of weekly physical activity (PA) with meeting the PA …

Towards an integration of physical activity and environmental awareness: analysis of students' activity in physical education

K Mandrillon, F Desplanques… - Physical Education and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The need for greater attention to Environmental Education (EE) is increasing as
awareness of the environmental emergency grows. However, Physical Education (PE) …

An assessment tool for the international healthy eating report card for preschool-aged children: a cross-cultural validation across Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore …

AWL Wan, KKH Chung, JB Li, SS Xu… - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objective This study aimed to develop and validate a globally applicable assessment tool of
the 43-item International Healthy Eating Report Card Scale (IHERCS) which was designed …

[HTML][HTML] “Go beyond your own comfort zone and challenge yourself”: A comparison on the use of physically active learning in Norway, the Netherlands and the UK

AE Chalkley, MB Mandelid, M Thurston… - Teaching and Teacher …, 2022 - Elsevier
The adoption of physically active learning (PAL) in schools is becoming more widespread.
To understand how PAL is being used in different countries and explore if and how methods …