School‐based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18

M Dobbins, H Husson, K DeCorby… - … of systematic reviews, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
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 …

Effect of school-based interventions on physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents: a review of reviews and systematic update

S Kriemler, U Meyer, E Martin… - British journal of sports …, 2011 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background School-based interventions are thought to be the most universally applicable
and effective way to counteract low physical activity (PA) and fitness although there is …

Do school-based interventions focusing on physical activity, fitness, or fundamental movement skill competency produce a sustained impact in these outcomes in …

SK Lai, SA Costigan, PJ Morgan, DR Lubans… - Sports Medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background There is emerging evidence for positive associations between physical activity
(PA), fitness, and fundamental movement skill (FMS) competence, for both children and …

The effectiveness of school-based physical activity interventions for adolescent girls: A systematic review and meta-analysis

MB Owen, WB Curry, C Kerner, L Newson… - Preventive …, 2017 - Elsevier
Physical activity (PA) decreases during the transition from childhood to adolescence, with
larger declines observed in girls. School-based interventions are considered the most …

School‐based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18

SE Neil-Sztramko, H Caldwell… - Cochrane database of …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower
adiposity, improved cardio‐metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than …

Interventions to promote physical activity among young and adolescent girls: a systematic review

MJ Camacho-Miñano, NM LaVoi… - Health education …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
A narrative systematic review was conducted to describe the available evidence from
physical activity (PA) interventions that targeted girls aged 5–18 years and to determine their …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of preventive school-based obesity interventions in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

R Verstraeten, D Roberfroid, C Lachat, JL Leroy… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background: The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing rapidly in low-and middle-
income countries, and informed policies to tackle the problem must be defined. Objective …

Associations among elementary school children's actual motor competence, perceived motor competence, physical activity and BMI: A cross-sectional study

A De Meester, D Stodden, A Brian, L True, G Cardon… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Positive associations between motor competence and physical activity have
been identified by means of variable-centered analyses. To expand the understanding of …

The effectiveness of interventions to increase physical activity among adolescent girls: a meta-analysis

N Pearson, R Braithwaite, SJH Biddle - Academic pediatrics, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Research has shown that a clear decline in physical activity among girls
starting in early adolescence. Therefore, adolescent girls have been identified as a key …

[PDF][PDF] Pender's health promotion model in medical research

A Heydari, F Khorashadizadeh - J Pak Med Assoc, 2014 - researchgate.net
This review shows how researchers use pander's health promotion model. We included all
articles in which Pender's health promotion has been used for theoretical framework …