Background Structured settings, such as school, childcare, afterschool programs, summer
camps, and physical activity/sport programs are crucial to promoting physical activity (PA) …

Background: Many young children are not meeting the Canadian physical activity
guidelines. In an effort to change this, the term active play has been used to promote …

Screen time and physical activity behaviours develop during the crucial early childhood
period (0–5 years) and impact multiple health and developmental outcomes, including …

Outdoor playtime has been highly correlated with moderate-to vigorous–intensity physical
activity (MVPA), while also being associated with decreased sedentary time. This systematic …

Background Many preschoolers spend a substantial portion of their day enrolled in centre-
based childcare; the amounts of physical activity and sedentary time accumulated in this …

Abstract Purpose of Review The aim of this study was to understand the influence of the
physical environment on the physical activity (PA) behavior of preschool children (aged 2 to …

Background Physical activity levels among preschoolers in childcare are low and sedentary
time high. The Supporting Physical Activity in the Childcare Environment (SPACE) …

Purpose Promoting physical activity (PA) is a key component of preventing and controlling
childhood obesity. Despite well‐documented benefits of PA, globally, rates of PA among …

Research in preschool children that investigates the impact of different exercise
interventions on physical fitness is limited. This pre–post study was aimed at determining if …

Background: The purpose was to synthesize evidence on the association between nature-
based Early Childhood Education (ECE) and children's physical activity (PA) and motor …