Observational studyAmerican journal of preventive medicine2019
Change in Children's Physical Activity: Predictors in the Transition From Elementary to Middle School.
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- Change in general and domain-specific physical activity during the transition from primary to secondary education: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Is the transition from primary to secondary school a risk factor for energy balance-related behaviours? A systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Children's physical activity behavior following a supervised physical activity program in pediatric oncology.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2020Trial
- Changes in physical activity behaviors and influencing factors among children and adolescents with heart disease after hospital discharge: a 3-month follow-up study.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- The key roles of teammates, coaches, and instrumental support in adolescent sports participation: a one-year prospective study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Changes of children's physical activity from 1st to 4th grade are related to parents' educational level and Family Health Climate: a longitudinal study with primary school-aged children.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The association of fructose and fiber consumption and physical activity with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Determinants of Change in Physical Activity in Children during the Transition from Elementary to High School.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2024Article
- Factors predicting participation in organised sports during adolescence: A two-year longitudinal perspective.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Physical Activity Management for Youth With Type 1 Diabetes: Supporting Active and Inactive Children.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2023Article
- Barriers and facilitators of physical activity among school attending adolescents in Lagos State, Nigeria: A qualitative study exploring views and experiences of decision-makers in secondary schools.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Study on the Status of Scientific Fitness Literacy of Rural Left-Behind Minors and the Influence of Family Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Factors Related to Adolescents' Participation in Organized Sports.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Summary of One Research Team's Contributions to Understanding Physical Activity Behavior in Children and Youth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Incidence of flexion-type supracondylar fractures at a single Australian level one Paediatric Trauma Centre.ANZ journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Longitudinal changes in objectively-measured physical activity and sedentary time among school-age children in Central Texas, US during the COVID-19 pandemic.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Sufficient sleep duration in autistic children and the role of physical activity.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- Patterns of age-related change in physical activity during the transition from elementary to high school.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Considerations for a Social Media Physical Activity Program: Exploratory Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionInterventions to promote physical activity in children should be informed by knowledge of the factors that influence physical activity behavior during critical developmental transitions. The purpose of this study is to identify, from a comprehensive, multidomain set of factors, those that are associated with change in objectively measured physical activity in children as they transition from elementary to middle school.
methodsThe study used a prospective cohort design, with children observed in fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. Growth curve analyses were used to examine associations between exposure variables measured at baseline and children's physical activity across three observations. A total of 828 children, aged 10.6 (SD=0.5) years at baseline provided physical activity data in fifth grade and at one or both follow-ups. Exposure variables assessed child characteristics, parent characteristics, home characteristics, social factors, school environment, and community characteristics. Physical activity was measured via accelerometry. Data were collected in two school districts in South Carolina in 2010-2013 and analyzed in 2017.
resultsVariables measured within the child, parent/home, and community domains were positively associated with children's physical activity as they transitioned from fifth to seventh grade. These included parent encouragement of physical activity, parental support for physical activity, child sports participation, parent's report of the child's physical activity level, the child's time spent outdoors, social spaces for physical activity in the community, and the number of physical activity facilities that were proximal to the child's home.
conclusionsInterventions designed to increase children's physical activity should include strategies that target multiple domains of influence.
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