Evidence map›Paper›PMID 7747006›Full record

ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)1995

The health-related physical activity of children.

C J Riddoch, C A Boreham

Abstract readComparative StudyReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Exercise portrayal in children's television programs: analysis of the UK and Irish programming.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2016
    Article
  4. Health consequences of cricket - view from South Asia.International archives of medicine · 2013
    Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Nutrition in the 21st century: what is going wrong.Archives of disease in childhood · 2004
    Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Physical activity in Dublin children aged 7-9 years.British journal of sports medicine · 2001
    Article
  20. Sports activities related to injuries? A survey among 9-19 year olds in Switzerland.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2001
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

C J RiddochExercise and Health Research Unit, University of Bristol, England.
C A Boreham

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fitness and physical activity levels of children and youth are commonly questioned, but the evidence cited is both equivocal and methodologically diverse. The amount and type of physical activity undertaken during childhood that is appropriate for optimal health is unknown, although it has been suggested that, in the absence of such criteria, activity levels known to confer health benefits in adults are also appropriate for children. The measurement of activity in children is problematical, and there is currently no valid method of assessing activity levels that is feasible for use in large studies. Therefore, studies may lack either internal validity or wider applicability. Studies using self-report methods indicate relatively high levels of activity with 60 to 70% of children taking sufficient 'appropriate' physical activity. However, a variety of activity thresholds have been used. Studies that use more objective methods report much lower levels of activity, especially when cardiovascular fitness criteria are applied. The use of less stringent health-related thresholds results in higher levels of 'appropriate' activity. Nearly all studies of teenagers report a decline in activity with age during this period. Data from the large population studies indicate that activity levels peak in children at around 13 to 14 years of age, and then markedly decline. Boys are normally reported to be more active than girls, but this difference is greatly reduced when moderate activity alone is compared, indicating that boys participate in more vigorous exercise than girls. The health effects of low levels of vigorous activity in children are unclear.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Indexed as

Health BehaviorAdolescentAdultChildChild BehaviorExerciseFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleMotor ActivityPhysical Fitness

Identifiers

PMID7747006

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.