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Exercise
23-02 Facilitating dance in general education through the arts-school partnership: a case study of Ballet Ireland’s primary school program
23-02 Physical Activity Mentoring in Schools: An Undergraduate-Mentored Running Intervention for Elementary Students
22-09 Correlates of domain-specific sedentary behaviors and objectively assessed sedentary time among elementary school children
22-07 The role of family, school and neighbourhood in explaining inequalities in physical activity trajectories between age 9 and 18
22-04 The effectiveness of school-based run/walk programmes to develop physical literacy and physical activity components in primary school children: A systematic review
22-03 Development of Physical Education, Sport and Health Leaning Model in Inclusive Primary School
22-02 The role of the family in physical education and healthy lifestyle of primary school students
22-02 A systematic review investigating the effects of implementing game-based approaches in school-based Physical Education and Sport among Primary school children
22-01 Differences in psychosocial constructs among elementary school staff that implement physical activity programs: a step in designing implementation strategies
21-06 Middle school students’ understanding of energy in health and fitness
21-02 Effects of a College-Mentored Physical Activity Program for Elementary Students
21-01 Identification of Types and Levels of Physical Activity Throughout Childhood for Healthy Growth and Development
21-01 Challenges to school-based physical activity data collection: Reflections from English primary and secondary schools
21-01 Fundamental Motor Skill Physical Education Lessons Increase Health-enhancing Physical Activity in Elementary School-age Children
20-12 Factors Influencing the Provision of Classroom-based Physical Activity to Students in the Early Years of Primary School: A Survey of Educators
20-11 School-related physical activity interventions and mental health among children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
20-11 A School-based Health Program Focused on Treating and Preventing Obesity
20-09 Increasing Physical Activity in Elementary School Classrooms
20-04 Acute effects of physical education, structured play, and unstructured play in children’s executive functions in primary school
20-03 Acute effects of physical education, structured play, and unstructured play in children’s executive functions in primary school
20-02 Effectiveness of Active Learning that Combines Physical Activity and Math in Schoolchildren
20-02 Longitudinal evaluation of the impact of school characteristics on changes in physical activity opportunities
20-02 A Feasibility Study of a Fit Kit School-Based Intervention to Improve the Health of Students and Their Families
20-02 The Daily Mile: Whole-school recommendations for implementation and sustainability
20-02 The Benefits of Physical Activity and Sport on Mental Health and Well-Being in School-Aged Children
20-02 “I Just Like the Feeling of It, Outside Being Active”: Pupils' Experiences of a School-Based Running Program
20-02 Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of The Daily Mile on childhood weight outcomes and wellbeing
20-02 Implementation of KEIGAAF in Primary Schools: A Mutual Adaptation Physical Activity and Nutrition Intervention
20-02 The Effectiveness of a Primary School Based Badminton Intervention on Children’s Fundamental Movement Skills
20-02 The Weather Impact on Physical Activity of 6–12 Year Old Children
20-01 Cycle training and factors associated with cycling among adolescents in England
19-11 Voices from Pupil Participation in the Health Promotion Intervention “Pulse for Learning and Health [PuLH]” in Primary and Middle School
19-11 Effects of the Active Smarter Kids (ASK) physical activity intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors in children
19-11 Physically active lessons in schools and their impact on physical activity, educational, health and cognition outcomes
19-11 Evaluation of school-based interventions of active breaks in primary schools
19-11 Longitudinal Trajectories of Children’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors on Weekdays and Weekends
19-11 Association of BMI category with change in children’s physical activity between ages 6 and 11 years
19-11 The mediating effects of breaking up classroom sitting with cognitively engaging or simple active breaks on children's cognition
19-11 Is physical education in Australian primary schools helping or hindering the mental health of young girls?
19-09 Skipping Rope and Double Dutch Lessons for Elementary School Students
19-09 Motivating Girls to Move: Preadolescent Females' Physical Activity Lives
19-09 Are children with higher self-reported wellbeing and perceived motor competence more physically active?
19-09 Influence of Physical Activity on Elementary School Children : Challenges and Practice
19-09 Primary School Teachers’ Perceptions and Maintenance of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention
19-09 The Daily Mile as a public health intervention: a rapid ethnographic assessment of uptake and implementation in South London
19-08 Factors associated with accelerometer measured movement behaviours among White British and South Asian children aged 6–8 years during school terms and schoolholidays
19-08 Physical activity and screen time in out of school hours care
19-08 Classroom teachers’ and administrators’ views of teaching health and physical education
19-08 Identifying Influence Agents That Promote Physical Activity Through the Simulation of Social Network Interventions
19-08 Program Reach and Implementation Feasibility of a Physical Activity School Health Program: A Qualitative Study of Teachers’ Perception
19-08 Gender differences in physical activity and sedentary behavior of Japanese primary school children during school cleaning time, morning recess and lunch recess
19-08 Effect of the Resistance Exercise on Elementary School Students’ Physical Fitness
19-08 Primary PE and sport premium survey
19-07 The relationship between pedometer step counts and intermittent recess breaks for elementary students
19-07 Objectively assessed physical activity and weight status of primary school children in Germany with and without migration backgrounds
19-05 Social Competence and Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity of School-Aged Children through a Creative Physical Education Intervention
19-04 Sports club participation impact on motor competences, dispositional goal orientations, and perceptions of school-based physical education among Finnish third-grade children
19-04 Sports participation and health-related quality of life in children
19-04 The effect of sport for LIFE: all island in children from low socio-economic status
19-04 Acute Effect of Exergames on Children's Mood States During Physical Education Classes
19-04 Interventions promoting active transport to school in children
19-04 SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus
19-03 The Daily Mile: teachers’ perspectives of the barriers and facilitators to the delivery of a school-based physical activity intervention
19-02 Association Between the Activity Space Exposure to Parks in Childhood and Adolescence and Cognitive Aging in Later Life
19-02 Understanding Youths' Ability to Interpret 3D-Printed Physical Activity Data and Identify Associated Intensity Levels
19-01 Elementary school physical activity opportunities and physical fitness of students
19-01 Associations between organised sport participation and classroom behaviour outcomes among primary school-aged children
19-01 Organized Sports and Physical Activities as Sole Influencers of Fitness: The Homeschool Population
19-01 Prevalence of children walking to school and related barriers—United States, 2017
19-01 The Patterns of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity and Physical Education Enjoyment Through a 2‐Year School‐Based Program
19-01 Pathways leading to success and non-success: a process evaluation of a cluster randomized physical activity health promotion program applying fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
19-01 Process evaluation of a pilot multi-component physical activity intervention – active schools: Skelmersdale
19-01 Associations of friendship and children’s physical activity during and outside of school
18-12 Public health approaches to safer cycling for children based on developmental and physiological readiness: implications for practice
18-12 Relationships Between Outdoor Time, Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Body Mass Index in Children: A 12-Country Study
18-12 Untapped Resources: 10- to 13-Year-Old Primary Schoolchildren’s Views on Additional Physical Activity in the School Setting
18-11 Mothers’ and father’s perceptions of the risks and benefits of screen time and physical activity during early childhood
18-11 Four Months of a School-Based Exercise Program Improved Aerobic Fitness and Clinical Outcomes in a Low-SES Population of Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Children With Asthma
18-11 Failure to meet aerobic fitness standards among urban elementary students
18-10 The impact of life stresses on physical activity participation during adolescence: A 5-year longitudinal study
18-10 Effects of the ‘11+ Kids’ injury prevention programme on severe injuries in children’s football: a secondary analysis of data from a multicentre cluster-randomised controlled trial
18-10 Physical literacy levels of Canadian children aged 8–12 years
18-09 Sun behaviour and physical activity associated with autumn vitamin D status in 4–8-year-old Danish children
18-09 Investigating best practices of district-wide physical activity programmatic efforts in US schools
18-09 Playground activities and gender variation in objectively measured physical activity intensity in Australian primary school children
18-09 Health-related quality of life as a longitudinal mediator of the relationship between participation in organised sports and adiposity among young people
18-08 Physical activity, cognition and academic performance: an analysis of mediating and confounding relationships in primary school children
18-08 Objectively evaluated physical activity and sedentary time in primary school children by gender, grade and types of physical education lessons
18-07 Validating Fitbit Zip for monitoring physical activity of children in school
18-07 Statewide dissemination and implementation of physical activity standards in afterschool programs
18-07 Does sports club participation contribute to physical activity among children and adolescents? A comparison across six European countries
18-06 The longitudinal relationship between motor competence and measures of fatness and fitness from childhood into adolescence
18-05 Long-term follow-up on biological risk factors, adiposity, and cardiorespiratory fitness development in a physical education intervention: a natural experiment
18-04 The effects of mothers’ musical background on sedentary behavior, physical activity, and exercise adherence in their 5-6-years-old children using movement-to-music video program
18-04 Physical fitness characteristics of Omani primary school children according to body mass index
18-03 Physically active academic lessons: acceptance, barriers and facilitators for implementation
18-02

Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight

18-02

Effectiveness of active school transport interventions: a systematic review and update

18-02

Physical activity patterns across time-segmented youth sport flag football practice

18-02

Physical Exercise Predicts Social Competence and General Well-Being in Chinese Children 10 to 15 Years Old: a Preliminary Study

18-02

Children's engagement with the outdoors and sports activities, UK: 2014 to 2015 (Office for National Statistics)

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Impacts of active school design on school-time sedentary behavior and physical activity

17-11

Academic Achievement and Physical Activity: A Meta-analysis

17-11

Longitudinal physical activity trajectories from childhood to adulthood and their determinants: The Young Finns Study

17-11

Using functional data analysis to understand daily activity levels and patterns in primary school-aged children: Cross-sectional analysis of a UK-wide study

17-11

Evaluation of Youth Enjoyment Toward Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

17-11

The influence of physical activity, sedentary behavior on health-related quality of life among the general population of children and adolescents

17-11

Childhood Sports Participation and Adolescent Sport Profile.

17-11

Physical Activity of German Children and Adolescents 2003–2012

17-10

88% of children take part in sport

17-09

Cycling to School and Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents

17-09

Are Early Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors Related to Working Memory at 7 and 14 Years of Age?

17-08

Modeling the Effect of Physical Activity on Obesity in China: Evidence from the Longitudinal China Health and Nutrition Study 1989–2011

17-07

Monkey bars, noodles and hay bales: a comparative analysis of social interaction in two school ground contexts

17-07

Spying on children during a school playground intervention using a novel method for direct observation of activities during outdoor play

17-07

Examining How Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, Geographic Accessibility, and Informational Accessibility Influence the Uptake of a Free Population-Level Physical Activity Intervention for Children

17-07

Three-Year Study of Students’ Attitudes Toward Physical Education: Grades 4–8

17-07

Reclaiming streets for outdoor play: A process and impact evaluation of "Juega en tu Barrio" (Play in your Neighborhood), an intervention to increase physical activity and opportunities for play.

17-07

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

17-07

The relationship between motor competence and health-related fitness in children and adolescents

17-06

Children’s physical activity during a segmented school week: results from a quasi-experimental education outside the classroom intervention

17-06

Parent-Child association in physical activity and sedentary behaviour

17-06

‘Drawing conclusions' Irish primary school children’s understanding of physical education and physical activity opportunities outside of school

17-06

Are children participating in a quasi-experimental education outside the classroom intervention more physically active?

17-06

School-based physical activity opportunities in PE lessons and after-school hours: Are they associated with children’s daily physical activity?

17-06

Promoting Parent and Child Physical Activity Together: Elicitation of Potential Intervention Targets and Preferences

17-06

Partnerships for Active Children in Elementary Schools: Outcomes of a 2-Year Pilot Study to Increase Physical Activity During the School Day

17-05

School grade and sex differences in domain-specific sedentary behaviors among Japanese elementary school children

17-05

Primary school children get less active with age

17-05

Context matters! sources of variability in weekend physical activity among families: a repeated measures study

17-05

The love of sport: an investigation into the perceptions and experiences of physical education amongst primary school pupils

17-03

Timing of the decline in physical activity in childhood and adolescence: Gateshead Millennium Cohort Study

17-03

Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and socioeconomic status among Finnish girls and boys aged 6–8 years

17-01

Levels and sociodemographic correlates of accelerometer-based physical activity in Irish children: a cross-sectional study

17-01

Recess in US schools to increase physical activity participation and improve academic achievement.

17-01

Leisure-time sport and overuse injuries of extremities in children age 6–13

17-01

Active travel to non-school destinations but not to school is associated with higher physical activity levels in an ethnically diverse sample of inner-city schoolchildren

17-01

Childhood temperament predictors of adolescent physical activity

17-01

Effects of a school-based intervention on active commuting to school and health-related fitness

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Sedentary Behavior During School Recess in Southern Brazil

16-11

Physical activity may be a potent regulator of bone turnover biomarkers in healthy girls during preadolescence

16-10

Correlates of sedentary time in different age groups: results from a large cross sectional Dutch survey

16-10

A cross-sectional study of the relationship between parents’ and children’s physical activity

16-10

Pedometer-determined physical activity among youth in the Tokyo Metropolitan area

16-10

Associations among Elementary School Children's Actual Motor Competence, Perceived Motor Competence, Physical Activity and BMI

16-10

Prevalence and injury profile in Portuguese children and adolescents according to their level of sports participation

16-10

Characteristics of children’s physical activity during active play

16-10

Linking Psychological Need Satisfaction and Physical Activity to Dimensions of Health-Related Quality of Life During Adolescence

16-09

Effect of Exergaming on Physiological Response and Enjoyment During Recess in Elementary School-Aged Children

16-09

Associations between asthma, overweight and physical activity in children

16-09

Effects of different physical education programmes on children’s skill- and health-related outcomes

16-09

A 5-year longitudinal analysis of modifiable predictors for outdoor play and screen-time of 2- to 5-year-olds

16-09

Single Leg Squat Performance in Active Adolescents Age 8 to 17 Years

16-08

Effectiveness evaluation of a health promotion programme in primary schools

16-08

Does home equipment contribute to socioeconomic gradients in Australian children’s physical activity, sedentary time and screen time?

16-08

Evaluation of Daily Physical Activity (DPA) policy implementation in Ontario: surveys of elementary school administrators and teachers

16-07

Start active, stay active: infographics on physical activity

16-07

Children spend only half as much time playing outside as their parents did

16-07

The association between environmental and psychosocial factors towards physical activity and screen time of children

16-06

Prenatal, birth and early life predictors of sedentary behavior in young people

16-06

Effectiveness of intervention strategies exclusively targeting reductions in children’s sedentary time

16-06

Physical Activity of Malaysian Primary School Children

16-05

Parental influence on children’s physical activity in urban green spaces in Turkey

16-05

Impact of a Community-Based Physical Activity Program on Fitness and Adiposity Among Overweight and Obese Children

16-05

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

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A seven-year physical activity intervention for children increased gains in bone mass and muscle strength

16-04

Objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time: cross-sectional and prospective associations with adiposity

16-04

Objectively measured physical activity levels and sedentary time in 7–9-year-old Estonian schoolchildren

16-04

St Ninians primary school Daily Mile

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Spatial physical activity patterns among primary school children living in neighbourhoods of varying socioeconomic status

16-03

Effects of Body Mass Index on Children's Physical Activity Levels in School-Based “Dance Dance Revolution”

16-03

Validity of an Athletic Skills Track among 6- to 12-year-old children

16-03

Complementing the Australian primary school Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum: exploring children's HPE learning experiences within varying school ground equipment contexts

16-03

Investigating elementary school children’s daily physical activity and sedentary behaviours during weekdays

16-03

Changes in developmental assets and physical activity frequency among 3rd–5th grade girls participating in a girl-focused sport-based positive youth development program

16-03

School rugby union and tackling … and ... ...should tackling be banned at school level?

16-03

Effects of 6-month soccer and traditional physical activity programmes on body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors, inflammatory, oxidative stress markers and cardiorespiratory fitness in obese boys

16-02

Physical activity guidelines and cardiovascular risk in children: a cross sectional analysis to determine whether 60 minutes is enough

16-02

Increasing physical activity levels in primary school physical education

16-02

More children more active: Tailored playgrounds positively affect physical activity levels amongst youth

16-02

Longitudinal levels and bouts of objectively measured sedentary time among young Australian children in the HAPPY study

16-02

Impact of a South African School-based Intervention, HealthKick, on Fitness Correlates

16-02

Long-term effects of physically active academic lessons on physical fitness and executive functions in primary school children

16-02

The efficiency of using dynamic games with technical elements from handball during the Physical Education lessons with primary school pupils

16-02

Does parental accompaniment when walking or cycling moderate the association between physical neighbourhood environment and active transport among 10–12 year olds?

16-02

Developmental pathways of change in fitness and motor competence are related to overweight and obesity status at the end of primary school

Education, Exercise
19-01 Prospective associations between participation in leisure-time physical activity at age 6 and academic performance at age 12
18-10 Examining Classroom Physical Activity Integration: A Mixed Methods Analysis
16-07

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming and Activity Enjoyment

16-06

Outcomes of a four-year specialist-taught physical education program on physical activity

16-05

Physical Activity and Cognitive Trajectories in Schoolchildren

16-04

After-school clubs and sports can improve academic performance during primary school

16-04

Primary school teachers and outdoor education: Varying levels of teacher leadership in informal networks of peers

16-04

Out school activities improve children's educational attainment

Mental Health 5-16+, Exercise
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Associations between objectively measured physical activity and later mental health outcomes in children

16-02

Psychological distress leads to reduced physical activity and fitness in children

Exercise, Food
17-10

Optimal timing of exercise for influencing energy intake in children during school lunch

17-07

Associations Between Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity and Adiposity in Children and Adolescent: Systematic Review

16-10

Associations between exclusive breastfeeding and physical fitness during childhood

16-04

Effect of Physically Active Academic Lessons on Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness in Primary School Children

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