ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Trends in Physical Activity and Motor Development in Young People-Decline or Improvement? A Review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- From active play to sedentary lifestyles: understanding the decline in physical activity from childhood through adolescence-a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- "Their Bodies Were Made to Move and Wriggle Right from the Word Go": A Qualitative Exploration of Family Engagement with Fundamental Movement Skills in Early Childhood.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association Between Health-Related Physical Fitness and Cognition in Preschoolers: MOVI-HIIT Study.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Observational
- Physical activity participation and obesity-related risk behaviors among male Saudi adolescents: a social cognitive theory perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A study on the impact of childhood obesity on health-related physical fitness through motor coordination-related functional pathways.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Physical inactivity behaviour of European adolescents between 2013 and 2022.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Effect of Physical Activity on Executive Functions in the Elderly Population: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Sex comparison of the association between weight-adjusted waist index and physical fitness index: a cross-sectional survey of adolescents in Xinjiang, China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Emerging cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and adolescence: a narrative review.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
- Sex-Specific Physical Activity and Weight Status in German Schoolchildren: Interim Results from the Hand on Heart Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Effects of Exergames on Physical Fitness, Body Composition and Enjoyment in Children: A Six-Month Intervention Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Gross Motor Skills Are Associated with Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in School-Aged Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This paper aims to analyse studies and research conducted in EU and non-EU member states to identify and compare trends in physical activity and motor skills. Thus, a comparative overview of the state of the art in the two pre-pandemic decades that can facilitate an understanding of the different territorial realities and training needs to be conducted, considering the different cultural situations. A scoping review was conducted by analysing a series of studies published between 1990 and 2022, including only those studies that collected data in the pre-pandemic period. The search was carried out on databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect. The following keywords were used for the acquisition of relevant studies: children, decline, motor skills, physical activity, and young people. From the literature review emerged clearly in all the longitudinal surveys a negative trend of body mass index (BMI), which was increasing in all the countries analysed, and cardiorespiratory fitness, which, in close relation to the increase in overweight levels, was in decline. If an unambiguous trend could be declared for the variables just mentioned, it was not possible to declare the same trend for the other variables analysed, which showed discordant results between the different countries.
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