Exercise can enhance motivation to change lifestyle behaviors,improve aerobic fitness,improve physical function,control fatigue,and enhance quality of life.Studies have demonstrated the benefits to be gained from phys...
Objective: We sought to investigate the longitudinal associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity(MVPA) and pubertal development with academic achievement in adolescents.Methods: A total of 635 adolescents(2...
supported by the Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2015/16 under Hong Kong SAR Governments’ RGC Grant (No.G-HKBU202/15);the Faculty Research Grant,Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (No.FRG2/13-14/065)
Background:With an increase in the evidence for the associations between park-based physical activity(PA)and physical environments(especially park and neighborhood environments),researchers face an important challenge...
supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR-12-MALZ-005-01)
Exercise and health psychology have generated 2 sets of empirical studies guided by separate theory-driven axes.The first axis focuses on the causal relationship between chronic exercise and cognition and,more particu...
funded in part with federal funds from the USDA/ARS under Cooperative Agreement No.58-6250-0-008
1.Introduction For anyone paying attention,this is a disruptive time in science in general and in health promotion science in particular.Obesity is the most prevalent nutrition-related health problem around the globe....
Background:The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire(GPAQ)has been used to measure physical activity(PA)and sedentary time in France,but no study has assessed its psychometric properties.This study aimed to compare t...
In this special issue of the Journal of Sport and Health Science, analyses of the most recent national prevalence esti- mates from the 2016 Physical Activity and Fimess in China-- The Youth Study (PAFCTYS) are prese...
Background: Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a risk factor for shoulder and elbow injury in baseball players. Although this evidence forms a basis for recommending stretching, clinical measures of i...
Publications of articles with physical literacy as a topic have increased dramatically since the beginning of 2000 s. The aim of this paper is to,through an explorative literature overview with an inductive approach, ...
Literate individuals possess knowledge and skill and can apply these to perform tasks in novel settings. Knowledge is at the heart of physical literacy and provides the foundation for knowing what to do and how and wh...