Background Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower
adiposity, improved cardio‐metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than …

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.9 million deaths
worldwide are attributable to physical inactivity and at least 2.6 million deaths are a result of …

Background: It is unclear how moderate and vigorous intensities of physical activity (PA) are
associated with cardiovascular fitness (CVF) and percentage of body fat (% BF) in …

Despite compliance with lifestyle recommendations, some children and adolescents with
high-risk hyperlipidemia will require lipid-lowering drug therapy, particularly those with …

Background: Overweight prevalence among children/adolescents is increasing, while adult
obesity may potentially cause a decline in life expectancy. More exercise is uniformly …

Now consisting of fifty innovative chapters authored by internationally recognised scientists
and clinicians, the extensively revised third edition of the Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport …

Physical activity causes acute physiological and long‐term adaptive responses in the body.
It is a protective factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) in adults. It has been assumed that …

OBJECTIVE. This was a systematic evidence review for the US Preventive Services Task
Force, intended to synthesize the published evidence regarding the effectiveness of …

Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of a 10‐month after‐school
physical activity (PA) program on body composition and cardiovascular (CV) fitness in young …

Objective. To evaluate the effect of a 3-year after-school physical activity (PA) intervention on
aerobic fitness and percent body fat (% BF). Methods. In total, 18 schools were randomized …