Aims Worldwide levels of daily physical activity (PA) in children are low. This has negative health consequences. Schools have been recognized as key settings to promote PA. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the playground programme PLAYgrounds on increasing PA. Methods PLAYgrounds was evaluated by a controlled trial, with a ...
Background Ineffective family interventions for the prevention of childhood obesity have, in part, been attributed to the challenges of reaching and engaging parents. With a particular focus on parent engagement, this study utilized community-based participatory research to develop and pilot test a family-centered intervention for low-income families with preschool-aged children ...
Aim This study aimed to compare the levels of objectively-measured sedentary behavior in children attending Montessori preschools with those attending traditional preschools. Methods The participants in this study were preschool children aged 4 years old who were enrolled in Montessori and traditional preschools. The preschool children wore ActiGraph accelerometers. Accelerometers were ...
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 ...
Background To promote physical activity (PA) among children, few studies have reported long-term effects of playground markings during school recess. [1] Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a playground design on children's recess PA across 18 months and to evaluate the influence of covariates on the ...
Aim The school setting as basis for physical activity (PA) interventions has been highly promoted as ideal since any benefits from such interventions targeting children from all segments of the population potentially could contribute to alleviating social inequality in health. This study relies on data from the CHAMPS-study DK which ...
Aim The aim of this study was to compare the lifestyle of three different working classes: office clerks, blue-collar workers and farmers, and investigate whether there was a difference in physical activity and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) between these working classes. Methods 162 individuals were measured for: Body composition: ...
Aim The weather may be a barrier to physical activity but objective assessment of this hypothesis is scarce. This study evaluated the effect of temperature and rainfall on the daily physical activity of Danish preschool children. Furthermore within-day variability in physical activity was studied for both weekend and weekdays. Methods ...
Aim The purpose of this study was to describe objectively measured physical activity (PA) levels in a rural Irish population based sample of students aged 12-14 years of age 1) during weekday and weekend time periods and 2) specific to the weight status of participants. Methods One hundred and seventy four students ...
Background The aim of this study was to examine the differences in diet, physical activity, and weight status among children living in rural and urban America and to study the roles of obesity-related behaviors in residence-based differences in childhood obesity. Methods We performed cross-sectional analysis of the 1999-2006 National Health ...