TY - JOUR
T1 - II. Physical activity
T2 - Measurement and behavioral patterns in children and youth
AU - Wójcicki, Thomas R.
AU - Mcauley, Edward
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - With physical activity levels among children and adolescents at an all-time low, there is a critical need for scientists and public health officials alike to further examine the physical activity behaviors of this population. Accordingly, this chapter will act as an entrée to the rest of the monograph by providing a general overview of the epidemiology of physical activity among youth in the United States. In so doing, we discuss the following: public health guidelines for youth-based physical activity, current rates and trends of physical activity participation in youth, issues related to physical education rates in school systems, lifestyle practices that encourage sedentary behaviors and attendant disease states, a synopsis of the health-related benefits of a physically active lifestyle, promotion of and opportunities for increased engagement, and comparisons of objective and subjective methods of measuring physical activity.
AB - With physical activity levels among children and adolescents at an all-time low, there is a critical need for scientists and public health officials alike to further examine the physical activity behaviors of this population. Accordingly, this chapter will act as an entrée to the rest of the monograph by providing a general overview of the epidemiology of physical activity among youth in the United States. In so doing, we discuss the following: public health guidelines for youth-based physical activity, current rates and trends of physical activity participation in youth, issues related to physical education rates in school systems, lifestyle practices that encourage sedentary behaviors and attendant disease states, a synopsis of the health-related benefits of a physically active lifestyle, promotion of and opportunities for increased engagement, and comparisons of objective and subjective methods of measuring physical activity.
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U2 - 10.1111/mono.12128
DO - 10.1111/mono.12128
M3 - Article
C2 - 25387413
AN - SCOPUS:84930334868
SN - 0037-976X
VL - 79
SP - 7
EP - 24
JO - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
JF - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
IS - 4
ER -