ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2006
The physical activity patterns of European youth with reference to methods of assessment.
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic literature review with meta-analyses of within- and between-day differences in objectively measured physical activity in school-aged children.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Pooled it
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- Physical activity and screen time of children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: a natural experiment.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Does participation in physical education reduce sedentary behaviour in school and throughout the day among normal-weight and overweight-to-obese Czech children aged 9-11 years?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Trial
- Exploring mediators of accelerometer assessed physical activity in young adolescents in the Health In Adolescents Study - a group randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2012Trial
- SPACE for physical activity--a multicomponent intervention study: study design and baseline findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2011Trial
- The influence of a high intensity physical activity intervention on a selection of health related outcomes: an ecological approach.BMC public health · 2010Trial
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- Low Birth Weight and Related Metabolic Risk Factors, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and Physical Activity in Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Why should the Next Generation of Youth Guidelines Prioritize Vigorous Physical Activity?Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- Longitudinal development and tracking of cardiorespiratory fitness from childhood to adolescence.PloS one · 2024Article
- Do You Want to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescents? A School-Based Physical Activity Program Could Be an Efficient Way.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Cut-Off Value for Classifying Active Italian Children Using the Corresponding National Version of the Physical Activity Questionnaire.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Assessment of the determinants of changes and test-retest reliability in the 6-min walk test performance over a 4-month period in healthy 6-12-year-old children.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Article
- Influence of socioeconomic variables on physical activity and screen time of children and adolescents during the COVID‑19 lockdown in Germany: the MoMo study.German journal of exercise and sport research · 2022Article
- Physical activity across days of week, video games, and laptop use are more likely to influence weight gain among Saudi Youth.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
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Abstract
This article reviews the habitual physical activity of children and adolescents from member countries of the European Union in relation to methods of assessing and interpreting physical activity. Data are available from all European Union countries except Luxembourg and the trends are very similar. European boys of all ages participate in more physical activity than European girls and the gender difference is more marked when vigorous activity is considered. The physical activity levels of both genders are higher during childhood and decline as young people move through their teen years. Physical activity patterns are sporadic and sustained periods of moderate or vigorous physical activity are seldom achieved by many European children and adolescents. Expert committees have produced guidelines for health-related physical activity for youth but they are evidence-informed rather than evidence-based and where there is evidence of a relationship between physical activity during youth and health status there is little evidence of a particular shape of that relationship. The number of children who experience physical activity of the duration, frequency and intensity recommended by expert committees decreases with age but accurate estimates of how many girls and boys are inactive are clouded by methodological problems. If additional insights into the promotion of health through habitual physical activity during youth are to be made, methods of assessment need to be further refined and recommended guidelines re-visited in relation to the existing evidence base.
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