SJH Biddle, T Gorely, DJ Stensel - Journal of sports sciences, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
We provide a wide-ranging review of health-related physical activity in children and adolescents using a behavioural epidemiology framework. In contrast to many other …
As modern lifestyles offer ever more opportunities for a sedentary existence, physical activity has become, for many, a marginal aspect of life. Too little physical activity is linked to …
Context Decreased physical activity plays a critical role in the increase in childhood obesity. Although at least 60 minutes per day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is …
The human body is designed for activity. For most of our history, physical activity was required for survival, but technological advances have eliminated much of the need for hard …
N Ntoumanis - Journal of educational psychology, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined whether contextual and personal motivational variables, taken from self- determination theory, could predict student cognitive and affective experiences in school …
REW Kavey, SR Daniels, RM Lauer, DL Atkins… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Evidence that most cardiovascular disease is preventable led to development of the American Heart Association's initial “Guide to the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular …
Physically inactive lifestyles are a major public health challenge, and research in the transportation field on influences on the choice to walk and bike may provide guidance …
BACKGROUND: Active commuting to school may be an important opportunity for children to accumulate adequate physical activity for improved cardiovascular risk factors, enhanced …
AP Hills, NA King, TP Armstrong - Sports medicine, 2007 - Springer
The obesity epidemic is a global trend and is of particular concern in children. Recent reports have highlighted the severity of obesity in children by suggesting:“today's generation …