Background With rates of childhood obesity increasing, physical activity (PA) promotion especially in young children has assumed greater importance. Given the limited effectiveness of most interventions to date, new approaches are needed. The General Systems theory...
Child care settings, such as nursery schools and preschools, provide important opportunities to increase physical activity in children aged 2 to 5 years. Because of the large numbers of children enrolled, physical activity interventions at child care facilities have...
In the past three decades, the number of overweight children aged 6-12 years has tripled and the number of overweight adolescents aged 12-19 years has doubled. The underlying reason for the obesity epidemic is complex, but reduced physical activity is likely a major...
High-autonomy learning environments, such as mastery motivation physical play programs (MMPP), are effective in engaging toddlers in health-promoting physical play (Parish, Rudisill, and St. Onge, in press). This study found toddlers were more vigorously engaged for a...
The purpose of this project was to associate the output unit of the Minimitter Actiheart monitor accelerometer to the unit of acceleration (m/s²). The Actiheart monitor accelerometer was used to measure acceleration at the chest for toddlers (N = 19, 9 girls, 10 boys;...
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