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The physical activity of children and adolescents in Germany 2003-2017: The MoMo-study.
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- Associations of family socioeconomic indicators and physical activity of primary school-aged children: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Sports as a pathway to wellness: sports and health-related quality of life among adolescents in Germany (a cross-sectional analysis from GeWIT Study).BMC public health · 2026Article
- Body Composition and Its Correlates in Children and Adolescents Living in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Physical activity and weight status of children in Germany: cross-sectional results from the MoMo Wave 3 (2018-2020).European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- 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
- Children's and Adolescents' Use of Nature During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Very Green Country.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Physical activity and its impact on cardiovascular health in pediatric kidney transplant recipients.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2024Article
- Physical activity of older children and adolescents in Germany - Results of the HBSC study 2022 and trends since 2009/10.Journal of health monitoring · 2024Article
- The Role of Sports Club Participation on Stability of Motor Performance and Body Composition: A Longitudinal Study in Primary School Children.BioMed research international · 2024Article
- Policies and opportunities for physical activity engagement in Austrian schools: a census survey.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Family predictors of physical activity change during the COVID-19 lockdown in preschool children in Germany.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Compensation of overall physical activity in (pre)adolescent girls - the CReActivity project.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- Community networks of sport and physical activity promotion: an analysis of structural properties and conditions of cooperation.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The Use of Compression Stockings to Reduce Water Retention in the Legs During Gaming and Esports: Randomized Controlled Field Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2022Article
- The impact of screen time and green time on mental health in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Computers in human behavior reports · 2022Article
- Compensation or Displacement of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
With digitalization and virtual entertainment being the megatrends of the 21st century, there is reasonable concern about the role of physical activity (PA) in the daily life of children and adolescents. To identify risk-groups with insufficient PA and to guide interventions, continuous and representative tracking of PA is crucial. In this paper, representative PA data of children and adolescents from the Motorik-Modul (MoMo) baseline study (2003-2006, N = 4,528) is compared to those of Wave 2 (2014-2017, N = 3,708). Participants aged 4-17 were drawn out of 167 sample points in Germany and the data was weighted to ensure representativeness for Germany. Organized (sports clubs and schools) and unorganized (unorganized sports and playing outside) PA was measured by questionnaire and stratified by sex, age, and socioeconomic status. Contrary to common expectation, overall PA remained stable among youths in the past ten years, however, there is an ongoing trend towards organized forms of PA at the expense of unorganized sports and playing outside. Besides different trends in settings, there is inequality in PA distribution among socioeconomic status and gender, unequally pronounced in different settings.
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