Background The sustainability of school-based health interventions after external funds
and/or other resources end has been relatively unexplored in comparison to health care. If …

Background There is evidence that physical fitness of children and adolescents (particularly
cardiorespiratory endurance) has declined globally over the past decades. Ever since the …

Amidst strong efforts to promote the therapeutic benefits of physical activity for reducing
depression and anxiety in clinical populations, little focus has been directed towards the …

Background There are specific guidelines regarding the level of physical activity (PA)
required to provide health benefits. However, the research underpinning these PA …

Background A gender-based disparity in physical activity (PA) among youth, whereby girls
are less active than boys is a persistent finding in the literature. A greater understanding of …

Physical activity (PA) provides numerous physiological and psychosocial benefits. However,
lifestyle changes, including reduced PA opportunities in multiple settings, have resulted in …

With the significant decrease in physical activity rates, the importance of intervention
programs in the schools, where children spend a significant part of the day, has become …

Definitive conclusions concerning the impact of exercise interventions on children's mental
functioning are difficult to ascertain because of procedural differences among studies. A …

Objective Implementation science is an emerging area in physical activity (PA) research. We
sought to establish the current state of the evidence related to implementation of school …

Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity
increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension …