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  • Few large studies have examined adolescents’ views about increasing their physical activity (PA) to inform PA promotion. We assessed adolescent preference for activity type, co-participants, timing and location of PA…

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  • leisure time and its developmental potential for adolescents at youth protection institutions

    Adolescents who live at youth protection institutions, like most adolescents, spend far more time outside school than in school. The time disparity itself makes leisure contexts significant regarding the adolescents’…

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  • a blueprint for making physical activity appealing to youth

    Scientific evidence shows that physical inactivity is a leading risk factor for ill health, going well beyond issues related to weight control and influencing both physical and mental well-being. Over…

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  • a descriptive study

    Background: Adequate levels of physical activity are part of a healthy lifestyle and in this way linked to better health outcomes. For children and adolescents, the physical activity guideline recommends…

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  • Objectives: Less than 15% of children and adolescents participate regularly in physical activity (PA) and, with ever-increasing obesity, strategies to improve PA levels in youth are urgently needed. Exergaming offers…

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  • a systematic review

    Interest has increased in examining the physical activity levels of young people during school recess. Identifying correlates of their recess physical activity behaviors is timely, and would inform school-based physical…

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  • disparities in access to physical activity environments in racial and ethnic minority and lower-income communities

    Neighborhoods and communities can support activity both physically, by having sidewalks, bicycle lanes and parks, and socially, by being safer, cleaner and having less traffic. This synthesis examines the growing…

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  • surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects

    Dit artikel beschrijft het vóórkomen van fysieke activiteit en inactiviteit voor volwassenen (vanaf 15 jaar) uit 122 landen (89% van de wereldbevolking). Wereldwijd is 31.1% van de volwassenen fysiek inactief,…

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