Barriers and facilitators to young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Positive activity behaviours (i.e. higher physical activity [PA]/lower sedentary behaviour [SB]) are beneficial from infancy, yet evidence suggests that young children (0- to 6-year-olds) are relatively inactive. To better understand…
The school environment and adolescent physical activity and sedentary behaviour
There is increasing academic and policy interest in interventions aiming to promote young people’s health by ensuring that the school environment supports healthy behaviours. The purpose of this review was…
What do adolescents want in order to become more active?
Few large studies have examined adolescents' views about increasing their physical activity (PA) to inform PA promotion. We assessed adolescent preference for activity type, co-participants, timing and location of PA…
Determinants of change in physical activity in children and adolescents
This review aims to systematically review the published evidence regarding determinants of change in physical activity in children and adolescents. Few of the variables studied were consistently associated with changes…
Environmental supportiveness for physical activity in English schoolchildren
Background: There is increasing evidence that the environment plays a role in influencing physical activity in children and adults. As children have less autonomy in their behavioural choices, neighbourhood environment…
The positive effect on determinants of physical activity of a tailored, general practice-based physical activity intervention
PACE (Physician-based Assessment and Counseling for Exercise) is an individualized theorybased minimal intervention strategy aimed at the enhancement of regular physical activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate…
Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents
In het British medical journal is een review verschenen over de effectiviteit van bewegingsinterventies gericht op kinderen en jongeren. Gebleken is dat interventies in scholen gecombineerd met die in gezinnen…
A cross-sectional study of awareness of physical activity
Background: Interventions to promote physical activity frequently target hypothesized mediators of change, but these might be affected by a person's awareness of their own physical activity behavior. The paper aims…