Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on elementary schoolers' physical activity, sleep, screen time and diet: A quasi‐experimental interrupted time series study

S Burkart, H Parker, RG Weaver, MW Beets… - Pediatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background COVID‐19 school closures pose a threat to children's wellbeing, but no COVID‐
19‐related studies have assessed children's behaviours over multiple years. Objective To …

Children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on weekdays versus weekend days: a multi-country analysis

K Brazendale, MW Beets, B Armstrong… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The Structured Days Hypothesis (SDH) posits that children's behaviors
associated with obesity–such as physical activity–are more favorable on days that contain …

Children's health habits and COVID-19 lockdown in Catalonia: Implications for obesity and non-communicable diseases

PS Ventura, AF Ortigoza, Y Castillo, Z Bosch, S Casals… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic imposed changes in children's daily routine that
could lead to changes in behavior patterns. Using a survey targeted at children under 17 …

[PDF][PDF] Seasonal shifts in Children's sedentary behaviors, physical activity, and sleep: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RG Weaver, C Hensing, B Armstrong, EL Adams… - Pediatric Clinics of North …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seasonal Shifts in Children’s Sedentary Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Sleep : A Systematic
Review and meta-Analysis Page 1 Running Title: Seasonal Movement Behaviors Title: Seasonal …

Changes in physical activity, sleep, mental health, and social media use during COVID-19 lockdown among adolescent girls: a mixed-methods study

SM O'Kane, IM Lahart… - … of Physical Activity …, 2021 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: To suppress the transmission of coronavirus, many governments, including that
of the island of Ireland, implemented a societal lockdown, which included school closures …

[PDF][PDF] Healthy schools: risk reduction strategies for reopening schools

E Jones, A Young, K Clevenger… - Harvard TH Chan …, 2020 - sites.lafayette.edu
Keeping schools closed comes with massive, long-term individual and societal costs. Many
children cannot effectively learn, grow, engage, socialize, be active, eat healthy food, or get …

The impact of summer vacation on children's obesogenic behaviors and body mass index: a natural experiment

RG Weaver, B Armstrong, E Hunt, MW Beets… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Children's BMI gain accelerates during summer. The Structured Days
Hypothesis posits that the lack of the school day during summer vacation negatively impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity in Children: A Systematic Review

A Ramirez, AB Rapp, S Santarossa - International Journal of Medical …, 2024 - ijms.pitt.edu
Background: Extended lockdowns established to minimize the spread of COVID-19, may
have affected physical activity (PA). The objective of this systematic review was to report how …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: Effects of pandemic related restrictions on physical activity, screen time, and mental well-being in German adolescents

M Marckhoff, M Siebald, N Timmesfeld… - Zeitschrift für Kinder …, 2022 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Objective: To describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions (PR) in
April and May 2020 on physical activity (PA), sedentary screen time (SST), and mental well …

Field-based measurement of sleep: agreement between six commercial activity monitors and a validated accelerometer

AG Kubala, B Barone Gibbs, DJ Buysse… - Behavioral sleep …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To examine agreement between multiple commercial activity monitors (CAMs) and
a validated actigraph to measure sleep. Methods Thirty adults without sleep disorders wore …