Background and Purpose Youth across the United States are insufficiently active. Emerging literature has identified numerous perceived correlates of physical activity in youth but many studies rely on associations with self-reported physical activity. However, a recent review of studies utilizing perceived environmental correlates and objectively-measured physical activity in youth concluded ...
Background and Purpose A growing body of research has linked children‘s physical activity to neighborhood built environmental characteristics. in particular, neighborhood parks and open spaces have garnered much research attention for the opportunities they provide children to engage in physical activity. Studies in this area typically investigate the availability ...
Background and Purpose Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) has a range of social and health benefits for adolescents. Based on survey data, adolescents with a low Socio Economic Status (SES), and/or belonging to an ethnic minority, typically engage in less organized sports than Danish adolescents. However little is ...
Background and Purpose Physical activity (PA) during childhood and adolescence is essential for good health, normal growth and development. Accurate measurement of PA in children has a great importance for assessing frequency, duration and intensity to examine the trends, dose response and effectiveness of interventions to reduce the attributable risk ...
Background School recess provides an important opportunity for children to engage in physical activity. Previous studies indicate that children and adults of South Asian origin are less active than other ethnic groups in the United Kingdom, but have not investigated whether activity differs within the shared school environment. The aim ...
Aim We aimed to study the sedentary behaviour and obesity levels in 123 students of the 7th grade and their implications in blood pressure levels.
Methods Sedentary behavior and physical activity were assessed with accelerometry. Blood pressure was measured and for both systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressures Z-scores adjusted ...
Aim The aim was to evaluate seasonal variations in physical activity. This study is part of the pilot phase of the Finnish Schools on the Move program in 2010-2012.
Methods The study population consisted of 119 boys and girls from grades 1 to 9 (7 to 15 years of age) from 6 schools. Children's physical activity ...
Aim The purpose of the present study was to analyse differences in blood pressure between different levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) controlling for the influences of age, sex, waist circumference (WC) and objectively measured physical activity levels (PA).
Methods Participants were 405 students aged 10-19 years (239 girls and 166 boys) from North ...
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Understanding trends and tracking of children's physical activity (PA) could help to optimise the type and timing of interventions designed to make children more active. The aims of this longitudinal study were to establish the age at which PA levels begin to fall and to determine whether inactivity in ...
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This study evaluated objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time among Finnish schoolaged children from grades 1 to 6 (ages 7 to 12 years) and compared the results between boys and girls, and between different age groups.
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The study population consisted of 568 Finnish boys and girls from grades 1 to 6 (mean age 9.9 years, ...