Abstract The rapid development of social media has led to its increased use by children and adolescents for health and well-being purposes. Accordingly, social interactions resulting from social media use can be further integrated into … Read More
Development of the Physical Literacy Environmental Assessment (PLEA) Tool
Abstract Physical literacy is becoming increasingly popular in sport, recreation, physical education and physical activity settings and programming. We developed an environmental assessment tool to evaluate the extent child and youth activity programs implement physical … Read More
The Effectiveness of a Primary School Based Badminton Intervention on Children’s Fundamental Movement Skills
Abstract This study examined the effects of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Shuttle Time program on fundamental movement skills (FMS) in English children. A total of 124 children; 66 in key stage 1 (ages 6–7 … Read More
Effect of a Single Bout of Acute Aerobic Exercise at Moderate-to-Vigorous Intensities on Motor Learning, Retention and Transfer
Abstract Acute exercise influences human cognition, and evidence suggests that learning can be improved. According to the cognitive–energetic approach towards exercise cognition, exercise represents a stressor that elevates physiological arousal, which, in turn, increases the … Read More
The ToyBox Study: Influences of Parental Snacking-Related Attitudes, Behaviours and Nutritional Knowledge on Young Children’s Healthy and Unhealthy Snacking
Abstract The ToyBox Study investigated parental influences on preschool children’s healthy and unhealthy snacking in relation to child obesity in a large cross-sectional multinational sample. Parents and 3–5 year-old child dyads (n = 5185) in a kindergarten-based … Read More
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) in Healthy, Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Studies
Background: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a sustainable and effective method for improving Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) in adolescents. HIIT is proven to produce equal or greater improvements in CRF when compared to moderate intensity … Read More
Brain Breaks – Physical Activity Solutions in the Classroom and on Attitudes toward Physical Activity
Abstract Classroom-based physical activity (PA) interventions have received considerable attention due to improvements seen in academic achievement, classroom behaviours, and attitude toward PA. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the … Read More
A Scoping Review of Children and Adolescents’ Active Travel in Ireland
Abstract There appears to be a lack of existing data that comprehensively summarises the evidence of children and adolescents’ active travel in the Republic of Ireland. In lieu of this, a scoping review was conducted … Read More
The Role of Fitness – Differences in Brain Volume between Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Overweight and Obese Children
Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the role of fitness and whether metabolically healthy overweight/obese children have greater global and regional grey matter volumes than their metabolically unhealthy peers. We further examined … Read More
The ActiveBrains Project – Association of Sedentary Behaviour with Brain Structure and Intelligence in Children with Overweight or Obesity
Abstract This ActiveBrains project research paper investigated the associations of different sedentary behaviours (SB) with gray matter volume and tested whether SB related to gray matter volume is associated with intelligence. Methods 99 children with … Read More