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A Field-Based Testing Protocol for Assessing Gross Motor Skills in Preschool Children: The Children's Activity and Movement in Preschool Study Motor Skills Protocol ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 29 July 2009)

A Tale of 2 Teachers: A Preschool Physical Activity Intervention Case Study

scientific article published on January 2016

A cluster analysis of physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns in middle school girls

scientific article

A comparison of questionnaire and physiological data in predicting future chronic disease risk factor status in an employee population

scientific article

A cross-sectional and longitudinal study of travel by walking before and after school among eighth-grade girls

scientific article

A pilot study of the effects of interview content, retention interval, and grade on accuracy of dietary information from children

scientific article published on 03 April 2013

A prospective study of sedentary behavior in a large cohort of youth.

scientific article published in June 2012

A prospective study of the determinants of physical activity in rural fifth-grade children

scientific article

A validation study concerning the effects of interview content, retention interval, and grade on children's recall accuracy for dietary intake and/or physical activity

scientific article

Active for life: final results from the translation of two physical activity programs

scientific article published in October 2008

After-school setting, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in 5th grade boys and girls.

scientific article

Age and gender differences in objectively measured physical activity in youth

article

Age-related change in physical activity in adolescent girls

scientific article published on 29 October 2008

Age-related changes in types and contexts of physical activity in middle school girls.

scientific article

Agreement between Student-Reported and Proxy-Reported Physical Activity Questionnaires

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

An Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 4-Year-Olds in Preschools

scientific article published on 20 January 2016

Area-level Socioeconomic Environment and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Assessing children's physical activity in their homes: the observational system for recording physical activity in children-home

scientific article

Assessing preschool children's physical activity: how many days of accelerometry measurement

scientific article published on 2 October 2013

Assessing preschool children's physical activity: the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in children-preschool version

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Assessing sustainability of Lifestyle Education for Activity Program (LEAP) ⬇️

scientific article published on December 8, 2011

Associations Between Home Environment and After-School Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Among 6th Grade Children

scientific article published on 10 November 2014

Associations Between Maternal Support and Physical Activity Among 5th Grade Students.

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Associations Between Screen-Based Sedentary Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Korean Youth ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2012

Associations among Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation, Physical Activity Facilities, and Physical Activity in Youth during the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Associations among physical activity, diet quality, and weight status in US adults

scientific article published on April 2015

Associations among physical activity, health indicators, and employment in 12th grade girls

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Associations between physical activity and other health behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents

article

Associations between physical activity and physical fitness in American children

scientific article published on 01 October 1990

Associations between sport and screen-entertainment with mental health problems in 5-year-old children

scientific article

CALIBRATION OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, INC. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITOR IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

scholarly article by J R. Sirard et al published May 2001 in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Proximity to Commercial Physical Activity Facilities Among 12th Grade Girls ⬇️

scientific article published on February 3, 2012

Cardiorespiratory fitness and clustered cardiovascular disease risk in U.S. adolescents

scientific article published on 20 June 2010

Cardiorespiratory fitness levels among US youth 12 to 19 years of age: findings from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Cardiovascular disease risk factor clustering among African American adults ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Change in Children's Physical Activity: Predictors in the Transition From Elementary to Middle School

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Change in physical activity participation among adolescent girls from 8th to 12th grade

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Changes in Diet Quality in Youth Living in South Carolina From Fifth to 11th Grade

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

Changes in Physical Activity in the School, Afterschool, and Evening Periods During the Transition From Elementary to Middle School.

scientific article published on July 2017

Childcare Center Characteristics Moderate the Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention

scientific article published on 22 December 2019

Classes of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in 5th Grade Children

scientific article published on May 2016

Commercial facilities, social cognitive variables, and physical activity of 12th grade girls

scientific article published on 20 February 2009

Commercial venues as supports for physical activity in adolescent girls

scientific article published on 7 June 2007

Comparison of barriers self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control for explaining physical activity across 1 year among adolescent girls

scientific article

Comparison of social variables for understanding physical activity in adolescent girls

scientific article

Compliance With National Guidelines for Physical Activity in U.S. Preschoolers: Measurement and Interpretation ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2011

Compliance with Physical Activity Guidelines Prevalence in a Population of Children and Youth

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Conceptualizing, Implementing, and Monitoring a Structural Health Promotion Intervention in an Organizational Setting ⬇️

scientific article published on November 16, 2012

Construct validity of selected measures of physical activity beliefs and motives in fifth and sixth grade boys and girls

scientific article

Correlates of objectively measured sedentary behavior in US preschool children

scientific article published on 17 October 2011

Correlates of physical activity among U.S. young adults, 18 to 30 years of age, from NHANES III.

scientific article published in August 2003

Correlates of physical activity behavior in rural youth

scientific article published in September 1997

Correlates of physical activity in black, Hispanic, and white middle school girls.

scientific article

Correlates of self-regulation for physical activity among older adults

scientific article published in November 2006

Creating a Physical Activity Self-Report Form for Youth Using Rasch Methodology

scientific article published on January 2016

Cross-Country Comparisons of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior among 5-Year-Old Children

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Declining Physical Activity and Motivation from Middle School to High School

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

Development and Testing of the Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children: Elementary School

scientific article published on March 2016

Development of questionnaires to measure psychosocial influences on children's physical activity

scientific article

Differences in physical activity between black and white girls living in rural and urban areas

scientific article published on August 2002

Directly observed physical activity levels in preschool children

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Do physical activity facilities near schools affect physical activity in high school girls?

scientific article

Double dose: the cumulative effect of TV viewing at home and in preschool on children's activity patterns and weight status.

scientific article

EASY-An Instrument for Surveillance of Physical Activity in Youth

scientific article published on 23 January 2018

Effect of Child Gender and Psychosocial Factors on Physical Activity from 5(th)-6(th) Grade

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Effects of a New State Policy on Physical Activity Practices in Child Care Centers in South Carolina

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

Effects of a structural intervention and implementation on physical activity among youth in residential children's homes

scientific article published on 4 June 2014

Electronic media exposure and its association with activity-related outcomes in female adolescents: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

scientific article published in March 2009

Enjoyment mediates effects of a school-based physical-activity intervention

scientific article

Enrollment in Physical Education Is Associated With Overall Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Environmental Determinants of Children’s Physical Activity in Residential Children’s Homes ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Environmental influences, physical activity, and weight status in 8- to 16-year-olds

scientific article published in June 2001

Equating accelerometer estimates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: In search of the Rosetta Stone ⬇️

scientific article published on April 27, 2011

Evaluating a model of parental influence on youth physical activity

scientific article published in November 2003

Evaluating and Refining the Conceptual Model Used in the Study of Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES) Intervention

scientific article published on January 2017

Evaluating the sustainability of SPARK physical education: a case study of translating research into practice

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Evaluation of a Community-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Youth: Lessons from Active Winners

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Examining social-cognitive determinants of intention and physical activity among black and white adolescent girls using structural equation modeling

scientific article published in September 2002

Examining the Role of Churches in Adolescent Girls’ Physical Activity ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

Examining the link between program implementation and behavior outcomes in the lifestyle education for activity program (LEAP)

scientific article published on 11 October 2006

Factorial Invariance and Latent Mean Structure of Questionnaires Measuring Social-Cognitive Determinants of Physical Activity among Black and White Adolescent Girls

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Factorial Validity and Invariance of Questionnaires Measuring Social-Cognitive Determinants of Physical Activity among Adolescent Girls

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Factorial validity and invariance of a self-report measure of physical activity among adolescent girls

scientific article published in September 2004

Factorial validity and invariance of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire among black and white adolescent girls

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Factors affecting fibrinolytic potential: cardiovascular fitness, body composition, and lipoprotein(a)

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

Factors related to objectively measured physical activity in preschool children

scientific article published on May 2009

Family support for physical activity in girls from 8th to 12th grade in South Carolina

scientific article

Gender differences in physical activity and determinants of physical activity in rural fifth grade children

scientific article published in April 1996

Goals and intentions mediate efficacy beliefs and declining physical activity in high school girls

scientific article published on 15 November 2006

Group-based physical activity trajectories in children transitioning from elementary to high school

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Health risk behaviors of rural sixth graders.

scientific article published in December 1998

How Does the Relationship Between Motor Skill Performance and Body Mass Index Impact Physical Activity in Preschool Children?

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

In-school and Out-of-school Physical Activity in Preschool Children

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Independent Association of Waist Circumference With Hypertension and Diabetes in African American Women, South Carolina, 2007–2009 ⬇️

scientific article published on May 24, 2012

Influences of preschool policies and practices on children's physical activity

scientific article

Linking Activity, Nutrition, and Child Health (LAUNCH): protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of children as they develop from infancy to preschool age

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Long-term effects of a physical activity intervention in high school girls.

scientific article

Longitudinal Associations Between Psychosocial, Home, and Neighborhood Factors and Children's Physical Activity

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

Maintenance of change in the Active-for-Life initiative

scientific article published on 01 December 2009

Measuring enjoyment of physical activity in adolescent girls

scientific article

Moderate‐To‐vigorous physical activity is associated with decreases in body mass index from ages 9 to 15 years ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Moderating effect of the neighbourhood physical activity environment on the relation between psychosocial factors and physical activity in children: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

Motivation and Behavioral Regulation of Physical Activity in Middle School Students

scientific article published on 26 January 2015

Motor competence and characteristics within the preschool environment.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Motor skill performance and physical activity in preschool children

scientific article published on 03 April 2008

Naturally-occurring changes in social-cognitive factors modify change in physical activity during early adolescence.

scientific article

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation Associated with Fat Mass and Weight Status in Youth

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Neighborhood design and perceptions: relationship with active commuting

scientific article

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and non school physical activity and body mass index in adolescent girls

scientific article

Objectively measured sedentary time, physical activity and markers of body fat in preschool children

scientific article

Operationalizing and Testing the Concept of a Physical Activity Desert

scientific article published on 30 March 2021

Parental and environmental correlates of physical activity of children attending preschool

scientific article

Perceived physical environment and physical activity across one year among adolescent girls: self-efficacy as a possible mediator?

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Perceptions of physical and social environment variables and self-efficacy as correlates of self-reported physical activity among adolescent girls

scientific article published on 17 May 2006

Perceptions of the Neighborhood Environment and Children's Afterschool Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity.

scientific article

Personal, Social, and Environmental Influences on Physical Activity in Groups of Children As Defined by Different Physical Activity Patterns

scientific article published on 30 July 2020

Physical Activity Among Children Attending Preschools

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Physical Activity Behavior and Related Characteristics of Highly Active Eighth-Grade Girls ⬇️

scientific article published on February 4, 2013

Physical Activity and Changes in Adiposity in the Transition from Elementary to Middle School

scientific article

Physical Activity and Pediatric Obesity: A Quantile Regression Analysis

scientific article

Physical Activity in Preschool Children With the Transition to Outdoors ⬇️

scientific article published on June 12, 2012

Physical activities and sedentary pursuits in African American and Caucasian girls.

scientific article published in December 2004

Physical activity and neighborhood resources in high school girls.

scientific article published on May 2008

Physical activity and physical fitness in African-American girls with and without obesity

scientific article published in November 1997

Physical activity and sedentary pursuits of children living in residential children's homes

scientific article published in March 2009

Physical activity behavior in South Carolina youth

scientific article published on 01 August 1993

Physical activity behaviours of highly active preschoolers ⬇️

scientific article published on October 8, 2012

Physical activity correlates in adolescent girls who differ by weight status

scientific article published on January 2006

Physical activity in overweight and nonoverweight preschool children

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Physical activity in preschool children: comparison between Montessori and traditional preschools

scientific article

Physical and Social Contexts of Physical Activity Behaviors of Fifth and Seventh Grade Youth

scientific article published in February 2018

Physical fitness and performance. Cardiorespiratory fitness in girls-change from middle to high school

scientific article published in December 2007

Physical self-concept and self-esteem mediate cross-sectional relations of physical activity and sport participation with depression symptoms among adolescent girls

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Policies and characteristics of the preschool environment and physical activity of young children

scientific article published on February 2009

Policies for promotion of physical activity and prevention of obesity in adolescence.

scientific article

Poverty Status Moderates the Relationship between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Academic Achievement

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

Predictors of alcohol use among rural adolescents.

scientific article published on January 1996

Predictors of change in satisfaction with body appearance and body function in mid-life and older adults: Active for Life®.

scientific article

Predictors of increased physical activity in the Active for Life program.

scientific article published on 15 December 2008

Predictors of physical activity in the transition after high school among young women

scientific article

Prevalence of Compliance with a New Physical Activity Guideline for Preschool-Age Children

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

Process evaluation methods, implementation fidelity results and relationship to physical activity and healthy eating in the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) study

scientific article

Promoting physical activity in girls: a case study of one school's success

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Promotion of physical activity among high-school girls: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in September 2005

Psychometric properties of the 8-item english arthritis self-efficacy scale in a diverse sample

scientific article

Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in white and African-American girls

scientific article published in September 2002

RESPONSE

Race differences in activity, fitness, and BMI in female eighth graders categorized by sports participation status

scientific article published in May 2008

Raising an Active and Healthy Generation: A Comprehensive Public Health Initiative

article

Regional comparisons of walking or bicycling for fun or exercise and for active transport in a nationally distributed sample of community-based youth

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Relationship of objective street quality attributes with youth physical activity: findings from the Healthy Communities Study

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Reliability of long-term recall of participation in physical activity by middle-aged men and women

scientific article published in February 1991

Results of the first year of active for life: translation of 2 evidence-based physical activity programs for older adults into community settings

article

Role of Organizational Support on Implementation of an Environmental Change Intervention to Improve Child Fruit and Vegetable Intake: a Randomized Cross-Over Design

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Scale development for perceived school climate for girls' physical activity

scientific article published on May 2005

School-level intraclass correlation for physical activity in sixth grade girls

scientific article

Sedentary behavior and obesity in a large cohort of children

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

Sedentary behaviors in fifth-grade boys and girls: where, with whom, and why?

scientific article

Sedentary behaviour in youth.

scientific article published on September 2011

Self-efficacy moderates the relation between declines in physical activity and perceived social support in high school girls

scientific article published on 23 September 2008

Self-efficacy partially mediates the effect of a school-based physical-activity intervention among adolescent girls.

scientific article published on May 2004

Self-efficacy, beliefs, and goals: Moderation of declining physical activity during adolescence

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Self-regulation and physical activity: the relationship in older adults

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Social and environmental factors associated with preschoolers' nonsedentary physical activity

scientific article published on January 2009

Sport participation and physical activity in adolescent females across a four-year period

scientific article published on 10 July 2006

Sport participation, physical activity and sedentary behavior in the transition from middle school to high school

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Sports participation and health-related behaviors among US youth

scientific article published in September 2000

Stepping It Up: Walking Behaviors in Children Transitioning from 5th to 7th Grade.

scientific article

Study of Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES): Study protocol for a randomized trial evaluating a multi-component physical activity intervention in preschool children ⬇️

scientific article published on August 7, 2013

The Faith, Activity, and Nutrition program: a randomized controlled trial in African-American churches

scientific article published on February 2013

The Modifying Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status on the Change in Physical Activity From Elementary to Middle School

scientific article published on 18 July 2017

The Relationship of Physical Activity and the Built Environment within the Context of Self-Determination Theory ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

The relationship between the food environment and fruit and vegetable intake of adolescents living in Residential Children's Homes

scientific article published on 5 November 2008

The steps to health randomized trial for arthritis: a self-directed exercise versus nutrition control program

scientific article published on 6 November 2014

Top 10 research questions related to physical activity in preschool children

scientific article

Towards an understanding of salient neighborhood boundaries: adolescent reports of an easy walking distance and convenient driving distance

scientific article

Tracking of avoidance of alcohol use and smoking behavior in a fifth grade cohort over three years

scientific article

Tracking of physical activity in young children

scientific article published in January 1996

Validation and calibration of an accelerometer in preschool children

scientific article published in November 2006

Validation and calibration of the Actical accelerometer in preschool children

scientific article

Validation of Interviewer-Assisted Recall for Measuring Minutes of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Elementary School Children, Grades 3 and 5.

scientific article published on February 2016

Validity of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Criterion-Referenced Standards for Adolescents

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Where are Children Active and Does it Matter for Physical Activity? A Latent Transition Analysis

scientific article

Young children's motor skill performance: relationships with activity types and parent perception of athletic competence.

scientific article published on 15 November 2013

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