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Category: Children
Back to Research DatabaseThe Strathclyde Evaluation of Children’s Active Travel (SE-CAT): Study rationale and methods
The school commute is a prime opportunity to increase children’s physical activity levels. However, active commuting has decreased over the past 40 years. Strategies that increase walking to school... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: David McMinn, David A Rowe, Shemane Murtagh, Norah M Nelson
- Institutions: --
Validation and Calibration of an Accelerometer in Preschool Children
The following fundamental research was not performed explicitly using an ActiGraph device. However, the theories developed in this paper are used extensively in ActiGraph’s ActiLife software. Objective: Obesity rates... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Russell R. Pate, Maria J. Almeida, Kerry L. McIver, Karin A. Pfeiffer, and Marsha Dowda
- Institutions: Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina
Effects of a physical education intervention on cognitive function in young children: randomized controlled pilot study.
Background: Randomized controlled trials (RCT) are required to test relationships between physical activity and cognition in children, but these must be informed by exploratory studies. This study aimed to... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Abigail Fisher, James ME Boyle, James Y Paton, Phillip Tomporowski, Christine Watson, John H McColl and John J Reilly
- Institutions: --
Associations between children’s social functioning and physical activity participation are not mediated by social acceptance: A cross-sectional study
Physical activity (PA) during childhood often occurs in social contexts. As such, children’s ability to develop and maintain friendship groups may be important in understanding their PA. This paper... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Simon Sebire, Russell Jago, Kenneth Fox, Angie Page, Rowan Brockman, Janice Thompson
- Institutions: --
Predictive Validity of Three ActiGraph Energy Expenditure Equations for Children
Purpose: This study evaluated the predictive validity of three previously published ActiGraph energy expenditure (EE) prediction equations developed for children and adolescents. Methods: A total of 45 healthy children... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Stewart G. Trost1,3, Rebecca Way2, Anthony D. Okely2
- Institutions: 1 - Community Health Institute and Department of Kinesiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2 - Faculty of Education and Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
3 - School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
Actigraph Accelerometer-Defined Boundaries for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Intensities in 7 Year Old Children
Background: Accurate objective assessment of sedentary and physical activity behaviours during childhood is integral to the understanding of their relation to later health outcomes, as well as to documenting... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: Richard M. Pulsford1, Mario Cortina-Borja2, Carly Rich2, Florence-Emilie Kinnafick3, Carol Dezateux2, Lucy J. Griffiths2
- Institutions: 1 College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, 2 Medical Research Council Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom, 3 School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
EFFECTS OF CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS OVER CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS CONTROLLING FOR OBJECTIVELY MEASURED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN YOUTHS
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to verify the effects of cardiorespiratory fitness levels over a set of cardiovascular risk factors, controlling for sex and physical activity (PA) of moderate (MPA),... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: SILVA, G., AIRES, L., PIZARRO, A., SANTOS, M.P., MOTA, J., OLIVEIRA, J., RIBEIRO, J.C.
- Institutions: FACULTY OF SPORT - UNIVERSITY OF PORTO
SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN PORTUGUESE YOUTH: THE SEASONALITY EFFECT.
Introduction Sedentary behavior (SB) is directly associated with a greater risk of death from cardiovascular problems, cancer and all causes. Moreover, SB is directly associated with obesity in children.... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: SILVA, P., SANTOS, R., VALE, S., MARTINS, C., AIRES, L., MOTA, J.
- Institutions: FACULTY OF SPORT - UNIVERSITY OF PORTO
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND FATNESS IN SPANISH CHILDREN: THE EUROPEAN YOUTH HEART STUDY
Introduction Spain has one of the highest rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Europe (1). The majority of Spanish children do not engage in enough physical activity (PA)... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: LAGUNA, M., LARA-HERNÁNDEZ, M.T., RUIZ, J.R., AZNAR, S.
- Institutions: UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA
THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHILDREN’S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: THE PEACH PROJECT
Introduction: The PEACH project (Personal and Environmental Associations with Children’s Health: www.bris.ac.uk/enhs/peach) is a longitudinal study investigating the environmental and personal determinants of physical activity and eating behaviours in... Continue Reading >>>
- Authors: PAGE, A.S., COOPER, A.R.
- Institutions: BRISTOL UNIVERSITY