Systematic review of the relationships between objectively measured physical activity and health indicators in school-aged children and youth

VJ Poitras, CE Gray, MM Borghese… - Applied physiology …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is essential for disease prevention and health
promotion. Emerging evidence suggests other intensities of physical activity (PA), including …

Physical fitness in childhood and adolescence: a powerful marker of health

FB Ortega, JR Ruiz, MJ Castillo… - International journal of …, 2008 - nature.com
This review aims to summarize the latest developments with regard to physical fitness and
several health outcomes in young people. The literature reviewed suggests that (1) …

Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents

U Ekelund, J Luan, LB Sherar, DW Esliger, P Griew… - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Context Sparse data exist on the combined associations between physical activity and
sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy children. Objective To examine …

Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and primary hypertension

M Litwin, Z Kułaga - Pediatric Nephrology, 2021 - Springer
Primary hypertension is the dominant form of arterial hypertension in adolescents. Disturbed
body composition with, among other things, increased visceral fat deposition, accelerated …

Do school-based interventions focusing on physical activity, fitness, or fundamental movement skill competency produce a sustained impact in these outcomes in …

SK Lai, SA Costigan, PJ Morgan, DR Lubans… - Sports Medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background There is emerging evidence for positive associations between physical activity
(PA), fitness, and fundamental movement skill (FMS) competence, for both children and …

Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors in children

LB Andersen, C Riddoch, S Kriemler… - British journal of sports …, 2011 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background A number of recent systematic reviews have resulted in changes in
international recommendations for children's participation in physical activity (PA) for health …

Dynamic relationships between motor skill competence and health-related fitness in youth

DF Stodden, Z Gao, JD Goodway… - Pediatric exercise …, 2014 - journals.humankinetics.com
This cross-sectional study examined associations among motor skill competence (MSC) and
health-related fitness (HRF) in youth. A convenient sample of 253 boys and 203 girls (aged …

Top 10 research questions related to growth and maturation of relevance to physical activity, performance, and fitness

RM Malina - Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Growth, maturation, and development dominate the daily lives of children and adolescents
for approximately the first 2 decades of life. Growth and maturation are biological processes …

[PDF][PDF] Low muscle fitness is associated with metabolic risk in youth

J Steene-Johannessen, SA Anderssen… - Medicine & Science in …, 2009 - academia.edu
ABSTRACT STEENE-JOHANNESSEN, J., SA ANDERSSEN, E. KOLLE, and LB
ANDERSEN. Low Muscle Fitness Is Associated with Metabolic Risk in Youth. Med. Sci …

Making a case for cardiorespiratory fitness surveillance among children and youth

JJ Lang, GR Tomkinson, I Janssen… - Exercise and sport …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) provides a feasible way to study the link
between physical activity and health among children and youth at the population level. The …