The majority of US youth are of healthy weight, but the majority of US adults are overweight
or obese. Therefore, a major health challenge for most American children and adolescents …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women …

We examined evidence for friendship influences on children's physical activity (PA) through
systematic searches of online databases in May 2012. We identified 106 studies (25 …

Background Physical activity has important benefits for children's physical health and mental
wellbeing, but many children do not meet recommended levels. Research suggests that …

Drawing on feminist, poststructural, and critical theories, the purpose of this research was to
understand 5th-grade girls' self-identified barriers to physical activity and work with them to …

This research project focuses on teacher education in a field-based methods course. We
were interested in understanding what could be when we worked with pre-service teachers …

Background Many youth physical activity interventions have minimal effect. To design better
interventions we need to understand more about the factors that influence youth activity …

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a significant health problem among today's youth; however, most
school‐based prevention programs in this area have had limited success. Focus groups …

PURPOSE: To explore the views high school students have about various physical activity
contexts and their ideas of potential physical activity promoting strategies. METHODS: Forty …

Background Despite known benefits of regular physical activity for health and well-being,
many studies suggest that levels of physical activity in young people are low, and decline …