SynthesisBMC public health2020
Associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and self-rated health among the general population of children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Improvement of In-School Physical Activity with Active School-Based Interventions to Interrupt Prolonged Sitting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Correlates of physical activity habits in adolescents: A systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
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- Health trends among workers in Germany and the role of changing job activities and working conditions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Determinants of self-perceived health in schoolchildren: Analysis from the 2019 National School Health Survey (PeNSE).European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Prevalence of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Public School Students.The Journal of school health · 2025Article
- Rise and dine: unraveling breakfast habits among tenth graders - a cross-sectional study among 646 students in the City of Witten, Germany (GeWIT study).BMC public health · 2025Article
- Physical Activity Intensity and Learning Strategies in Students Aged 10 to 16: A Pilot Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Associations between Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health in Relation to Sense of Coherence among Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Change in clusters of lifestyle behaviours from childhood to adolescence: a longitudinal analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-rated health (SRH) is an indicator that captures a person's perception of their overall health status. The relationship between physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and SRH has been investigated in systematic reviews among adult and elderly populations. No systematic review to date has synthesized the relationship between PA, SB and SRH among children and adolescents. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to synthesize the associations between PA, SB and SRH in the general population of children and adolescents and to investigate the dose-response relationship between PA, SB and SRH.
methodsWe conducted a computer search for English language studies in the databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE and PSYCINFO that were published between 1946 and 2019. We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, and the references of the identified publications for additional studies. A meta-analysis was employed to synthesize the associations between PA, SB respectively and SRH. The dose-response association was tested using a random effects meta-regression model. The review was reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.
resultsSixty-eight published articles were included in the final review, including 59 cross-sectional and nine longitudinal studies. We found evidence that PA was associated with better SRH, and SB was associated with lower SRH among children and adolescents. A dose-response relationship between PA and SRH was observed, where a higher level of PA was associated with better SRH than a lower level of PA. The relationship between PA, SB and SRH was observed in both boys and girls, and did not show a significant gender difference.
conclusionsThe findings in the systematic review suggest that health intervention programmes targeting promoting PA and reducing SB among children and adolescents may enhance their overall health status. Future research is needed to expand prospective cohort and intervention studies to address directionality and causality in the relationships between PA, SB and SRH among children and youth.
trial registrationPROSPERO - CRD42019142244 . Registered on October 18, 2019.
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