Over recent years, screen time has become a more complicated concept, with an ever‐
expanding variety of electronic media devices available throughout the world. Television …

Background Muscular fitness (MF) is considered a powerful marker of health, but the extent
to which common health behaviors are associated with MF during childhood and …

Nocturnal media use has been linked to adolescents' sleeping problems in cross-sectional
studies which do not address reverse causality. To prospectively assess the new occurrence …

Background Physical literacy is an emerging construct in children's health promotion, and
may impact their lifelong physical activity habits. However, recent data reveal that only a …

Background Strong evidence indicates that moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is
positively associated with fitness in youth, independent of total sedentary-time. Sedentary …

Background The current physical literacy level of Canadian children is unknown. The Royal
Bank of Canada (RBC) Learn to Play–Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) …

Background: Physical fitness during childhood is an important indicator of current and future
health. This paper provides an overview of the fitness of Canadian children and youth aged …

Nowadays, children and adolescents are exposed to digital media (DM) from an early age.
Therefore, specific guidelines have been published by the World Health Organization …

Importance Many children begin interacting with screen media as early as infancy. Although
screen time is associated with negative developmental consequences, few longitudinal …

The rise of the digital environment is unquestionable. Children and young people (CYP) in
developed countries now grow up with computers, tablets and phones intertwined with their …