physical activitychildrenschool facilitiessportsBACKGROUND We attempted to determine whether there was a socioeconomic gradient in 9- to 11-year-old Australian children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (
city Gerson Ferrari1*, Leandro F. M. Rezende2, Alex A. Florindo3,4, Grégore I. Mielke5 & Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres6 We examined the association of physical activity (PA) facilities and access to school with total PA and domain-specific PA in adolescents. ...
for children to be physically active(Chen & Light,2006).The primary school years are an important time for the development of knowledge,understanding,skills and values on physical activity.Failing to provide effective PE programmes in primary schools create barriers to ongoing physical activity inGor...
city Gerson Ferrari1*, Leandro F. M. Rezende2, Alex A. Florindo3,4, Grégore I. Mielke5 & Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres6 We examined the association of physical activity (PA) facilities and access to school with total PA and domain-specific PA in adolescents. ...
The average levels of physical activity in children are below the ideal, which may influence children's health and motor competence levels. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the impact of a 10-week play-based after-school program on 50 twelve-year-old students’ anthropometric characteristics...
To explore the effects of an innovative school-based intervention for increasing physical activity. Methods 226 children (5–7 years old) randomly selected from 12 Australian primary schools were recruited to a cluster randomised trial with schools randomly allocated to intervention or control conditions...
Play schools (Health aspectsHealth promotion (MethodsThe child care center is an ideal setting in which to implement strategies to promote physical activity and healthy weight, but there is a paucity of empirical evidence on factors that influence physical activity in these settings. The current ...
The Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Australian adults were developed after a rigorous evidence review process that considered the following: the relationship between physical activity (including the amount, frequency, intensity and type of physical activity) and health outcome indicat...
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (2021) 18:3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-01061-z RESEARCH Open Access Development of Australian physical activity and screen time guidelines for outside school hours care: an international Delphi study Rosa Virgara1* , Anna ...
To determine the role of physical activity intensity and bout-duration in modulating associations between physical activity and cardiometabolic risk markers. A cross-sectional study using the International Children’s Accelerometry Database (ICAD) includ