Background Physical fitness is a powerful health marker in childhood and adolescence, and
it is reasonable to think that it might be just as important in younger children, ie preschoolers …

Context Identifying current physical activity levels and sedentary time of preschool children
is important for informing government policy and community initiatives. This paper reviewed …

Context Being physically active during the early years (age 0–6 years) is vital for healthy
development. Identifying correlates and determinants of physical activity (PA) is crucial to …

Background By explaining the development of health inequalities, eco-social theories
highlight the importance of social environments that children are embedded in. The most …

What is already known about this subject Overweight and obesity can be linked to different
parental socioeconomic factors already in very young children. In Western developed …

The causes of obesity worldwide are complex and multilevel, including changing food
environments, physical activity levels, policies, and food production systems. This intricate …

The primary aim of this review was to identify and evaluate the strength of associations of the
key parental factors measured in studies examining early childhood physical activity (PA). A …

Background Children's learning about food and physical activity is considerable during their
formative years, with parental influence pivotal. Research has focused predominantly on …

Objective: Being overweight makes physical movement more difficult. Our aim was to
investigate the association between body composition and motor performance in preschool …

Objective Over 22% of children and adolescents living in Switzerland have a migrant
background. The aim of this systematic literature review is to give an overview of health …