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Following an ecological framework, the aim of this study was to highlight the way adolescents invested their time in opportunities to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) according to whethe...
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Open AccessInvestigating longitudinal context-specific physical activity patterns in transition from primary to secondary school using accelerometers, GPS, and GIS
Previous longitudinal studies indicate that physical activity (PA) significantly declines from primary-to secondary school, and report both changes in individual and environmental determinants of PA. In order ...
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Open AccessPlayability of school-environments and after-school physical activity among 8–11 year-old children: specificity of time and place
Physical Activity (PA) occurs in several behavioral domains (e.g., sports, active transport), and is affected by distinct environmental factors. By filtering objective PA using children’s school schedules, dai...
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Open AccessModerators of the longitudinal relationship between the perceived physical environment and outside play in children: the KOALA birth cohort study
Promoting unstructured outside play is a promising vehicle to increase children’s physical activity (PA). This study investigates if factors of the social environment moderate the relationship between the perc...
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Open AccessA longitudinal study of children’s outside play using family environment and perceived physical environment as predictors
A natural and cheap way of increasing children’s physical activity is stimulating unstructured outside play.
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Open AccessPrimary prevention of overweight in preschool children, the BeeBOFT study (breastfeeding, breakfast daily, outside playing, few sweet drinks, less TV viewing): design of a cluster randomized controlled trial
Two overweight prevention interventions were developed to be offered by preventive Youth Health Care (YHC) in addition to the currently applied overweight prevention protocol to parents of 0-3 year old childre...
