Tracking of Physical Activity from Early Childhood through Youth into Adulthood

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Teachers as role models for physical activity: Are preschool children more active when their teachers are active?

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Education leads to a more physically active lifestyle: Evidence based on Mendelian randomization

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

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Text Messaging Interventions for Improvement in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Youth: Systematic Review

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Interventions to increase physical activity in children 0–5 years old: a systematic review, meta‐analysis and realist synthesis

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Effects of a Physical Education Program on Physical Activity and Emotional Well-Being among Primary School Children

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Managing diabetes in preschool children

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Does organized sport participation during youth predict healthy habits in adulthood? A 28‐year longitudinal study

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Effects of Consumer-Wearable Activity Tracker-Based Programs on Objectively Measured Daily Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among School-Aged Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Objectively measured patterns of sedentary time and physical activity in young adults of the Raine study cohort

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Relationship between Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Physical Activity-Related Health Competence, Physical Activity, and Physical Fitness: Analysis of Control Competence for the Self-Directed Exercise of Adolescents

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Physical Education and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Youth Are Both Important for Adulthood Activity, Physical Performance, and Health

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Adolescents’ physical activity is associated with previous and current physical activity practice by their parents

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Tracking of voluntary exercise behaviour over the lifespan

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Individual Differences in Exercise Behavior: Stability and Change in Genetic and Environmental Determinants From Age 7 to 18

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Virtual Physical Education During COVID-19: Exploring Future Directions for Equitable Online Learning Tools

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INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention reduces infant’s screen time and television exposure

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Study protocol of the Health4Life initiative: a cluster randomised controlled trial of an eHealth school-based program targeting multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among young Australians

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Comparison of Physical Activity Levels in Youths before and during a Pandemic Lockdown

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Relationship of Parental Support on Healthy Habits, School Motivations and Academic Performance in Adolescents

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Points-Based Reward Systems in Gamification Impact Children’s Physical Activity Strategies and Psychological Needs

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Correlates of Physical Activity in 0- to 5-year-olds: A Systematic Umbrella Review and Consultation of International Researchers

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Parental support for physical activity and children’s physical activities: a cross-sectional study

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The effect of apolipoprotein E polymorphism on serum metabolome – a population-based 10-year follow-up study

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Smoking and Physical Activity Trajectories from Childhood to Midlife

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Interventions to Improve Child Physical Activity in the Early Childhood Education and Care Setting: An Umbrella Review

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Built environment and physical activity: domain- and activity-specific associations among Brazilian adolescents

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Examining individual, interpersonal, and environmental influences on children’s physical activity levels

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A school-based motivational intervention to promote physical activity from a self-determination theory perspective

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Co-existence of physical activity and sedentary behavior among children and adolescents in Shanghai, China: do gender and age matter?

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Weekday–weekend variations in mother‐/father–child physical activity and screen time relationship: A cross‐sectional study in a random sample of Czech families with 5‐ to 12‐year‐old children

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Heat-Resilient Schoolyards: Relations Between Temperature, Shade, and Physical Activity of Children During Recess

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Parental characteristic patterns associated with maintaining healthy physical activity behavior during childhood and adolescence

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Effect of a 12-Week Summer Break on School Day Physical Activity and Health-Related Fitness in Low-Income Children from CSPAP Schools

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Portuguese Physical Literacy Assessment Questionnaire (PPLA-Q) for adolescents (15–18 years) from grades 10–12: development, content validation and pilot testing

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Exploring the use of a gamified intervention for encouraging physical activity in adolescents: a qualitative longitudinal study in Northern Ireland

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Physical education in a post-COVID world: A blended-gamified approach

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Compensation or Displacement of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies

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Age-related differences in physical activity and depressive symptoms among 10−19-year-old adolescents: A population based study

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The AHK-Wales Report Card 2018: Policy Measures - is it possible to ‘score’ qualitative data?

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Understanding Physical Literacy in Youth

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Socioecological correlates of perceived motor competence in 5‐ to 7‐year‐old Finnish children

Niemistö, D., Barnett, L. M., Cantell, M., Finni, T. J., Korhonen, E., & Sääkslahti, A. (2019) · Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · doi:10.1111/sms.13389 · Cited by 47

Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground

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The cognitive benefits of exercise in youth

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12-Year Trends in Active School Transport across Four European Countries—Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study

Haug, E., Smith, O. R. F., Bucksch, J., Brindley, C., Pavelka, J., Hamřík, Z., Inchley, J., Roberts, C., Mathisen, F. K. S., & Sigmundová, D. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18042118 · Cited by 46

Stability of leisure participation from school-age to adolescence in individuals with cerebral palsy

Majnemer, A., Shikako‐Thomas, K., Schmitz, N., Shevell, M. I., & Lach, L. (2015) · Research in Developmental Disabilities · doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2015.08.009 · Cited by 46

Influence of the Parental Educational Level on Physical Activity in Schoolchildren

Galiano, I. M. M., Connor, J. D., Gómez, M., & Torres‐Luque, G. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12093920 · Cited by 45

Sleep Quality and Duration in European Adolescents (The AdolesHealth Study): A Cross-Sectional, Quantitative Study

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Conceptualizing Family Influences on Children’s Energy Balance-Related Behaviors: Levels of Interacting Family Environmental Subsystems (The LIFES Framework)

Niermann, C. Y. N., Gerards, S. M. P. L., & Kremers, S. (2018) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph15122714 · Cited by 49

The Relation between Physical Education Teachers’ (De-)Motivating Style, Students’ Motivation, and Students’ Physical Activity: A Multilevel Approach

Doren, N. V., Cocker, K. A. D., Clerck, T. D., Vangilbergen, A., Vanderlinde, R., & Haerens, L. L. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph18147457 · Cited by 74

Co-design of a school-based physical activity intervention for adolescent females in a disadvantaged community: insights from the Girls Active Project (GAP)

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Physical Fitness in Young Adults Born Preterm

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Exploring the perspectives of physically active and inactive adolescents: how does physical education influence their lifestyles?

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Childhood socioeconomic status and lifetime health behaviors: The Young Finns Study

Puolakka, E., Pahkala, K., Laitinen, T. T., Magnussen, C. G., Hutri‐Kähönen, N., Männistö, S., Pälve, K. S., Tammelin, T., Tossavainen, P. H., Jokinen, E. V., et al. (2018) · International Journal of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.088 · Cited by 45

Skill-Based and Planned Active Play Versus Free-Play Effects on Fundamental Movement Skills in Preschoolers

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New evidence from plasma ceramides links apoE polymorphism to greater risk of coronary artery disease in Finnish adults

Karjalainen, J.-P., Mononen, N., Hutri‐Kähönen, N., Lehtimäki, M., Hilvo, M., Kauhanen, D., Juonala, M., Viikari, J. S. A., Kähönen, M. A. P., Raitakari, O. T., et al. (2019) · Journal of Lipid Research · doi:10.1194/jlr.m092809 · Cited by 43

Motor competence, motivation and enjoyment in physical education to profile children in relation to physical activity behaviors

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The Effects of Fetal Gender on Maternal and Fetal Insulin Resistance

Walsh, J., Segurado, R., Mahony, R. M., Foley, M. E., & McAuliffe, F. M. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137215 · Cited by 42

Effectiveness of a creative physical education intervention on elementary school students’ leisure-time physical activity motivation and overall physical activity in Finland

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Magnitude and determinants of change in objectively-measured physical activity, sedentary time and sleep duration from ages 15 to 17.5y in UK adolescents: the ROOTS study

Collings, P. J., Wijndaele, K., Corder, K. L., Westgate, K. L., Ridgway, C. L., Sharp, S. J., Dunn, V. J., Goodyer, I. M., Ekelund, U., & Brage, S. (2015) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-015-0222-4 · Cited by 46

Reliability and Validity of the Early Years Physical Activity Questionnaire (EY-PAQ)

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Parent’s Physical Activity Associated With Preschooler Activity in Underserved Populations

Barkin, S. L., Lamichhane, A. P., Banda, J. A., JaKa, M. M., Buchowski, M. S., Evenson, K. R., Bangdiwala, S. I., PRATT, C. A., French, S. A., & Stevens, J. (2017) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2016.11.017 · Cited by 40

Should toddlers and preschoolers participate in organized sport? A scoping review of developmental outcomes associated with young children’s sport participation

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Physical activity from childhood to adulthood

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Tracking of Physical Activity from Childhood to Adulthood: A Review

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Tracking Of Physical Activity Patterns From Late Childhood To Young Adulthood

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Associations of parental physical activity trajectories with offspring's physical activity patterns from childhood to middle adulthood: The Young Finns Study

Xiaolin, Y., Tuomas, K., Kaseva, K., Biddle Stuart, J. H., Rovio, S., Pahkala, K., Janne, K., Hakonen, H., Hirvensalo, M. H., Nina, H.-K., et al. (2022) · UTUPub (University of Turku)

TRACKING OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FROM ADOLESCENCE TO YOUNG ADULTHOOD

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