Background Activity levels are known to decline with age and there is growing evidence of associations between the school environment and physical activity. In this study we investigated how objectively measured one-year changes in physical activity may be associated with school-related factors in 9- to 10-year-old British children. Methods Data ...
Issue addressed Increasing childhood overweight and obesity rates need strategies that promote and engage children in more physical activity and school is one setting for this. This pilot project aimed to determine if coloured playground markings are an effective strategy, in the Australian context, to increase students? Methods Four schools ...
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 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 ...
Aims 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 ...
Aim 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. Methods The study population consisted of 568 Finnish boys and girls from grades 1 to 6 (mean age 9.9 years, ...