Background
Early childhood provides a window of opportunity for the promotion of physical activity. Given the limited effectiveness of interventions to date, new approaches are needed. Socio-ecological models suggest that involving parents as intervention targets may be effective in fostering healthier lifestyles in children. This study describes the effectiveness of ...
Background
The first aim was to examine the effect of the UP4FUN pilot intervention on children’s total sedentary time. The second aim was to investigate if the intervention had an effect on children’s physical activity (PA) level. Finally, we aimed to investigate demographic differences (i.e. age, ...
Introduction
Evidences show that physical activity (PA) has important health benefits in youth. However, incidental PA and exercise declines during adolescence (Van der Horst et al., 2007). There is also an emerging concern about the negative effect that sedentary lifestyles are having on the health of youth (Pate et al., 2011). The ...
Background
Television watching and playing of video games (VGs) are associated with higher energy intakes. Motion-controlled video games (MC) may be a healthier alternative to sedentary screen-based activities because of higher energy expenditures, but little is known about the effects of these games on energy intakes.
Objective
Energy intake, expenditure, ...
After-school hours are considered critical for children's physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors (SB); however, whether the after-school setting influences children's activity patterns is unknown. This study examined the influence of after-school setting (i.e., parent report of the child's usual after-school setting) on 5th grade children's PA and SB, ...
Purpose
Sedentary behaviour is known to have a detrimental effect on health. However, the manner in which is it accumulated may also be important. Therefore, we examined the association of daily sedentary time and breaks in sedentary time with various markers of cardio-metabolic risk.
Methods
Cross-sectional analysis using 725 participants from ...
Purpose
To describe the patterns of sedentary behaviour (SB) across the day and explore relationships with body composition and fitness.
Methods
249 children (mean age 8.8 yrs; 56% female) wore an ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer for 7 days, completed a 20m shuttle run fitness test and had triceps and subscapular skinfolds measured. SB was ...
Purpose
To evaluate the multi-group and longitudinal invariance of ANNs to predict physical activity (PA) type and PA energy expenditure (METs) in youth.
Methods
The study was conducted at two sites. Site 1 (S1) served as the training and testing sample and comprised 100 youth mean age 11.0 ± 2.7 y. Site 2 (S2) served as ...
Purpose A number of recent studies have found associations between the characteristics of schoolyards and the level of PA of schoolchildren using the schoolyards. Based on these findings, it seems likely that making schoolyards more attractive will help to increase the total amount of PA among schoolchildren. Before starting our ...
Purpose
Evaluate the reliability and validity of a self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) instrument administered by telephone and Internet.
Methods
The Active Australia Survey (AAS), administered nationally in Australia by telephone (T), was adapted into two forms for Internet self-administration: survey questions only (I-Text) and with videos demonstrating intensity (I-Video). ...