Tracking of Physical Activity from Early Childhood through Youth into Adulthood

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Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Arterial Stiffness in Adulthood

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Kids Out; evaluation of a brief multimodal cluster randomized intervention integrated in health education lessons to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior among eighth graders

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Physical Fitness Surveillance and Monitoring Systems Inventory for Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review with a Global Perspective

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Intergenerational social mobility and leisure-time physical activity in adulthood: a systematic review

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Self-Reported Participation in Sport/Exercise Among Adolescents and Young Adults With and Without Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability

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It’s about being the good parent: exploring attitudes and beliefs towards active school transportation

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The Role of Physical Activity in the Relationship between Satisfaction with Life and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-Age Adolescents

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Maternal correlates of young children's physical activity across periods of the day

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Longitudinal physical activity and sedentary behaviour in preschool‐aged children with cerebral palsy across all functional levels

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Predicting change in middle school students’ leisure‐time physical activity participation: A prospective test of the trans‐contextual model

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Physical Activity and Quality of Life in High School Students: Proposals for Improving the Self-Concept in Physical Education

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Exploring the relationship between physical activity, life goals and health-related quality of life among high school students: a cross-sectional study

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Relationship between eating behaviors and physical activity of preschoolers and their peers: a systematic review

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Long-term effects of daily physical education throughout compulsory school on duration of physical activity in young adulthood: an 11-year prospective controlled study

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Physical activity in wheelchair-using youth with spina bifida: an observational study

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Interventions in outside-school hours childcare settings for promoting physical activity amongst schoolchildren aged 4 to 12 years

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Moderators of Parents’ Perceptions of the Neighborhood Environment and Children’s Physical Activity, Time Outside, and Screen Time

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Adolescents who were born extremely preterm demonstrate modest decreases in exercise capacity

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Longitudinal associations between motor competence and different physical activity intensities: LabMed physical activity study

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Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Wearable Technology-Based Physical Activity Intervention in Preschoolers: A Pilot Study

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Individual, Interpersonal, and Organizational Factors Affecting Physical Activity of School Adolescents in Pakistan

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Parent participation plays an important part in promoting physical activity

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Physical Activity Intensity Among Adolescents and Association With Parent–Adolescent Relationship and Well-Being

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Effect of eight-week high-intensity interval training versus moderate-intensity continuous training programme on body composition, cardiometabolic risk factors in sedentary adolescents

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Childhood temperament predictors of adolescent physical activity

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The Association between Parents and Children Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines

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Stopping the Drop: Examining the Impact of a Pilot Physical Literacy-Based Intervention Program on Physical Activity Behaviours and Fitness during the Transition into University

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Strength, Motor Skills, and Physical Activity in Preschool-Aged Children Born Either at Less Than 30 Weeks of Gestation or at Term

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The Role of Padel in Improving Physical Fitness and Health Promotion: Progress, Limitations, and Future Perspectives—A Narrative Review

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Physical Inactivity from Youth to Adulthood and Risk of Impaired Glucose Metabolism

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Descriptive epidemiology and correlates of children’s swimming competence

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What do we know about physical activity interventions in vocational education and training? A systematic review

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Physical Fitness in Young Padel Players: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Evaluation of Extracurricular Sports Activities as an Educational Element for Sustainable Development in Educational Institutions

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Effects of the Healthy Start randomized intervention trial on physical activity among normal weight preschool children predisposed to overweight and obesity

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Mother-child dyadic influences of affect on everyday movement behaviors: evidence from an ecological momentary assessment study

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Adolescent Sport Participation and Age at Menarche in Relation to Midlife Body Composition, Bone Mineral Density, Fitness, and Physical Activity

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Impact of the ‘Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads’ program on physical activity and other health behaviours: a randomised controlled trial involving fathers and their preschool-aged children

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Childhood Exposure to Passive Smoking and Bone Health in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

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Physical activity, psychosocial and perceived environmental factors in adolescents from Northeast Brazil

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Prenatal determinants of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence – Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 study

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Are preschool children active enough in Shanghai: an accelerometer-based cross-sectional study

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A critical review of national physical activity policies relating to children and young people in England

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Dose–response associations between modifiable lifestyle behaviours and anxiety, depression and psychological distress symptoms in early adolescence

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Developmental trajectories of physical activity and television viewing during adolescence among girls: National Growth and Health Cohort Study

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Subjectively and objectively assessed social and physical environmental correlates of preschoolers’ accelerometer-based physical activity

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The health impact of nature exposure and green exercise across the life course: a pilot study

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The effect of 10 weeks of karate training on the development of motor skills in children who are new to karate

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Effect of Linear and Nonlinear Pedagogy Physical Education Interventions on Children’s Physical Activity: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (SAMPLE-PE)

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Use of antibiotics and risk of type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the national FINRISK study

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Anxiety, depression and distress outcomes from the Health4Life intervention for adolescent mental health: a cluster-randomized controlled trial

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Tracking of physical activity and fitness during the early years

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Both youth and long-term vitamin D status is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adulthood: a cohort study

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Trajectories of Physical Activity Among Adolescents in the Transition From Primary to Secondary School

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Predicting school students’ physical activity intentions in leisure-time and school recess contexts: Testing an integrated model based on self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior

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A peer coach intervention in childcare centres enhances early childhood physical activity: The Active Early Learning (AEL) cluster randomised controlled trial

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Assessing the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ–A): Specific and General Insights from an Ethiopian Context

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Compliance with the 24-Hour Movement Behavior Guidelines and Associations with Adiposity in European Preschoolers: Results from the ToyBox-Study

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Educator-Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Structured-Physical Activity in Early Childhood Centres: A Systematic Review

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Trends in Muscle-Strengthening Exercise Among Nationally Representative Samples of United States Adults Between 2011 and 2017

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Parental perspectives on promoting physical activity for their children surviving cancer: A qualitative study

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Scaling up Action Schools! BC: How Does Voltage Drop at Scale Affect Student Level Outcomes? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

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