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Promoting Physical Activity Participation among Children and Adolescents
Abstract
With global increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents, there has never been a more urgent need for effective physical activity programs. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize the evidence of the effectiveness of interventions that report physical activity outcomes in children aged 4-12 years and adolescents aged 13-19 years. A systematic search of electronic databases identified 76 interventions. Most interventions were delivered via the school setting (57 interventions), nine through the family setting, six via primary care, and four in community- or Internet-based settings. Children's physical activity interventions that were most effective in the school setting included some focus on physical education, activity breaks, and family strategies. Interventions delivered in the family setting were not highly effective, but many were pilot studies. The use of motivationally tailored strategies and program delivery in the primary care setting showed promise among adolescents. Many studies had methodological and reporting flaws (e.g., no baseline data, poor study design, physical activity measures of unknown reliability and validity, and poor reporting of sample size, response rates, attrition/retention, compliance, year of intervention, and duration of intervention). Publications reporting the results of evaluations of intervention studies should follow the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials guidelines or, for nonrandomized studies, should follow the Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs guidelines. Further evidence of the effectiveness of interventions promoting young people's physical activity in family and community settings is needed.
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“While multi-component interventions are more effective than single-component interventions (14, 70) they do not seem to produce synergistic results (63, 71).”
From How can physical activity be promoted among children and adolescents? A systematic review of reviews across settings (2019) · cites this paper as [70]
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“Numerous reviews reported positive effects when involving parents (63, 66, 71, 74, 84, 85) and families (14, 65, 70) in school-based interventions.”
From How can physical activity be promoted among children and adolescents? A systematic review of reviews across settings (2019) · cites this paper as [70]
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“Activity breaks—the integration of short bouts of PA into organisational routine—is another effective strategy to promote PA in the school setting (15, 70, 79), and has demonstrated “modest but consistent benefits” (79).”
From How can physical activity be promoted among children and adolescents? A systematic review of reviews across settings (2019) · cites this paper as [70]
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“After-school programs focused on PA and/or sports are also effective (15, 70, 80, 81).”
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“Community involvement was linked with positive outcomes in two reviews (65, 70).”
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“Surprisingly, one review stated that school-based interventions employing a community component were ineffective (70).”
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“Interventions in the settings of family and childcare were only investigated in a limited number of reviews—even though there is a lack of knowledge regarding interventions outside of the school setting (70).”
From How can physical activity be promoted among children and adolescents? A systematic review of reviews across settings (2019) · cites this paper as [70]
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“existing reviews of PA interventions in school settings have examined evidence across childhood and adolescence16, 28, 29, 32, 34 or focused exclusively on adolescents.17, 18, 19, 20,30, 31”
From A mixed-studies systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions to promote physical activity and/or reduce sedentary time in children (2020) · cites this paper as [28]
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“A number of existing systematic reviews of school-based PA interventions,28, 104 as well as Beets et al.,37 highlighted the potential risk that the intervention might increase PA during actual intervention delivery but result in a compensatory decline elsewhere during the day.”
From A mixed-studies systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions to promote physical activity and/or reduce sedentary time in children (2020) · cites this paper as [28]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Salmon, J., Booth, M. L., Phongsavan, P., Murphy, N., & Timperio, A.
- Affiliations
- Deakin University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Waterford Institute of Technology (IE)
- Venue
- Epidemiologic Reviews
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2007-05-02
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 144-159
- ISSN
- 0193-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1478-6729
- OpenAlex
- W2134208161
- Semantic Scholar
- 29fd6787ca0107695f65d9aa59a02d6aadced725
- Cited by
- 402
- References
- 129
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Epidemiologic Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SETU Waterford Libraries - Open Access Repository (acceptedVersion)
- Own your potential (DEAKIN) (submittedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › School Health and Nursing Education
- Keywords
- physical activity promotion, children, adolescents, school-based intervention, family intervention, primary care intervention, physical education, active breaks, childhood obesity, overweight, intervention effectiveness, reporting quality, CONSORT
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Health Education, Health Promotion, Humans, Obesity, School Health Services, Exercise
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