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Preschool children and physical activity: a review of correlatesTrina Hinkley
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Burwood, Vic, Australia
Am J Prev Med 34:435-441. 2008..This paper reviews articles investigating correlates of preschool children's physical activity behaviors published in peer-reviewed journals between 1980 and March 2007...
Correlates of sedentary behaviours in preschool children: a reviewTrina Hinkley
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, Vic, 3125 Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:66. 2010..abstract:..- The 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' community effectiveness trial: study protocol of a community-based healthy lifestyle program for fathers and their childrenPhilip J Morgan
Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:876. 2011..The aim of the current study was to evaluate the previously established program in a community setting, in a large effectiveness trial... - The Nutrition and Enjoyable Activity for Teen Girls (NEAT girls) randomized controlled trial for adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools: rationale, study protocol, and baseline resultsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:652. 2010..The purpose of this paper is to report the rationale, study design and baseline findings of a school-based obesity prevention program for low-active adolescent girls from disadvantaged secondary schools... - Associations between insulin and glucose concentrations and anthropometric measures of fat mass in Australian adolescentsElizabeth Denney-Wilson
University of New South Wales Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Sydney 2052, Australia
BMC Pediatr 10:58. 2010.... - A school-based intervention to promote physical activity among adolescent girls: rationale, design, and baseline data from the Girls in Sport group randomised controlled trialAnthony D Okely
Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:658. 2011..This report describes the rationale, design and baseline data from the Girls in Sport group randomised trial, which aims to prevent the decline in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) among adolescent girls... 
Relationships between body composition and fundamental movement skills among children and adolescentsAnthony D Okely
Faculty of Education and Metabolic Research Center at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Res Q Exerc Sport 75:238-47. 2004..This would suggest that intervention strategies to prevent unhealthy weight gain among children and youth might usefully include increasing proficiency of locomotor skills as a key component...- Adherence to physical activity and electronic media guidelines in Australian pre-school childrenAnthony D Okely
Child Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 45:5-8. 2009.... - Multi-site randomized controlled trial of a child-centered physical activity program, a parent-centered dietary-modification program, or both in overweight children: the HIKCUPS studyAnthony D Okely
Child Obesity Research Centre and Faculty of Education, School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
J Pediatr 157:388-94, 394.e1. 2010..To evaluate whether a child-centered physical activity program, combined with a parent-centered dietary program, was more efficacious than each treatment alone, in preventing unhealthy weight-gain in overweight children... - Changes in physical activity participation from 1985 to 2004 in a statewide survey of Australian adolescentsAnthony D Okely
Child Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:176-80. 2008..To examine changes in physical activity during a 19-year period between 2 representative cohorts of adolescents from New South Wales, Australia... - Process evaluation of the Hunter Illawarra Kids Challenge Using Parent Support study: a multisite randomized controlled trial for the management of child obesityRachel A Jones
Child Obesity Research Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Health Promot Pract 11:917-27. 2010..Recommendations for future interventions, specifically the implementation of subsequent HIKCUPS or other multisite effectiveness studies, are detailed... - Parent diet modification, child activity, or both in obese children: an RCTClare E Collins
Department of Nutrition and Diet, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia
Pediatrics 127:619-27. 2011.... - Correlates of objectively measured physical activity in obese childrenPhilip J Morgan
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2634-41. 2008..Interventions aimed at reducing sedentary behaviors among obese girls should also be considered... - Proficiency deficiency: mastery of fundamental movement skills and skill components in overweight and obese childrenDylan P Cliff
Faculty of Education, Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute IERI, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:1024-33. 2012..Physical activity programs designed for overweight and obese children may need to address deficiencies in FMS proficiency to foster the movement capabilities required for participation in health-enhancing physical activity... - Randomised controlled trials in overweight children: practicalities and realitiesJanet M Warren
University of Newcastle, Schools of Health Sciences and Education, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Pediatr Obes 2:73-85. 2007..To highlight and discuss the practical aspects of conducting high quality, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with overweight and obese children and their families... - Movement skills and physical activity in obese children: randomized controlled trialDylan P Cliff
Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 43:90-100. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Hunter Illawarra Kids Challenge Using Parent Support physical activity program in overweight children... - The HIKCUPS trial: a multi-site randomized controlled trial of a combined physical activity skill-development and dietary modification program in overweight and obese childrenRachel A Jones
Child Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
BMC Public Health 7:15. 2007.... - Promoting healthy lifestyles among adolescent boys: the Fitness Improvement and Lifestyle Awareness Program RCTLouisa R Peralta
Faculty of Education and Child Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Prev Med 48:537-42. 2009..To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a school-based obesity prevention program among adolescent boys with sub-optimal cardiorespiratory fitness... - Promoting fundamental movement skill development and physical activity in early childhood settings: a cluster randomized controlled trialRachel A Jones
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Pediatr Exerc Sci 23:600-15. 2011..110.5, 95% CI 33.6, 187.3; Cohen's d = 0.46). This study demonstrates that a physical activity program implemented by staff within a preschool setting is feasible, acceptable and potentially efficacious... - Characteristics of travel to and from school among adolescents in NSW, AustraliaMichael L Booth
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 43:755-61. 2007..Active transport to and from school is frequently identified as an opportunity to increase energy expenditure among young people. The epidemiology of travel behaviours among Grade 6, 8 and 10 students in NSW is reported... - Relationships between weight status and child, parent and community characteristics in preschool childrenRachel A Jones
Child Obesity Research Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, Australia
Int J Pediatr Obes 4:54-60. 2009..To examine, using an Ecological Systems Theoretical framework, relationships between weight status and child, parent and community characteristics and risk factors among preschool children... - Efficacy of interventions to improve motor development in young children: a systematic reviewAnnaleise M Riethmuller
Child Obesity Research Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Pediatrics 124:e782-92. 2009..The objective of this study was to systematically review evidence from controlled trials on the efficacy of motor development interventions in young children... - Fundamental movement skills in children and adolescents: review of associated health benefitsDavid R Lubans
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Sports Med 40:1019-35. 2010..More longitudinal and intervention research examining the relationship between FMS competency and potential psychological, physiological and behavioural outcomes in children and adolescents is recommended... - Relationships between fundamental movement skills and objectively measured physical activity in preschool childrenDylan P Cliff
Child Obesity Research Centre, Faculty of Education University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW, Australia
Pediatr Exerc Sci 21:436-49. 2009..2% (p = .023) of the variance in percent of time in MVPA after controlling for confounders. Gender and FMS subdomain may influence the relationship between FMS and physical activity in preschool children... - The population distributions, upper normal limits and correlations between liver tests among Australian adolescentsJacob George
Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 44:579-85. 2008..The purpose of this study was to describe the distributions of liver tests, to identify the upper normal limits (UNLs) and to describe the correlations among liver tests... - Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness among children and adolescents in Australia: 1997 and 2004Anthony D Okely
Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
J Sports Sci 28:851-7. 2010..Over the period 1997 to 2004, the prevalence of adequate cardiorespiratory fitness among students rose slightly in general. It is concerning that the gap between low and high socio-economic tertiles appears to have widened... - Perceived and actual competence among overweight and non-overweight childrenRachel A Jones
Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 13:589-96. 2010..Better understanding these differences at different stages of development may lead to identifying more specific and appropriate intervention points to promote physical activity in overweight children... - Relationships between child, parent and community characteristics and weight status among young childrenRachel A Jones
Child Obesity Research Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia
Int J Pediatr Obes 5:256-64. 2010..To examine the relationship between weight status and child, parent and community characteristics among young boys and girls... - Relationship between plantar pressures, physical activity and sedentariness among preschool childrenKaren J Mickle
Biomechanics Research Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 14:36-41. 2011.... - Preschoolers' physical activity, screen time, and compliance with recommendationsTrina Hinkley
Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:458-65. 2012.... - Movement skill mastery in a clinical sample of overweight and obese childrenDylan P Cliff
Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Int J Pediatr Obes 6:473-5. 2011..Physical activity programs designed for children with overweight/obesity need to address deficiencies in FMS proficiency as part of an overall strategy to promote physical activity participation... - The population prevalence of adverse concentrations and associations with adiposity of liver tests among Australian adolescentsMichael L Booth
School of Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 44:686-91. 2008..This paper reports the prevalence of elevated concentrations of four liver enzymes and their associations with adiposity in a representative population sample of Australian adolescents... - Feasibility of SHARK: a physical activity skill-development program for overweight and obese childrenDylan P Cliff
Child Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 10:263-7. 2007..However, a larger sample size and a comparison group are required to determine whether this approach can impact on activity levels and weight status... - Descriptive epidemiology of small screen recreation among Australian adolescentsLouise L Hardy
NSW Centre of Overweight and Obesity, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 42:709-14. 2006..To describe the epidemiology of small screen recreation (SSR) that is: television, computer, video, and DVD use among school students aged 11-15 years in New South Wales, Australia... - Assessing volume of accelerometry data for reliability in preschool childrenTrina Hinkley
Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:2436-41. 2012..This study examines what volume of accelerometry data (h·d) is required to reliably estimate preschool children's physical activity and whether it is necessary to include weekday and weekend data... - The HAPPY study: development and reliability of a parent survey to assess correlates of preschool children's physical activityTrina Hinkley
Interdisciplinary Educational Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 15:407-17. 2012..However, there is a scarcity of reliable instruments designed to capture such correlates in preschool-aged children... - Comparison of two sets of accelerometer cut-off points for calculating moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in young childrenDylan P Cliff
Child Obesity Research Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
J Phys Act Health 4:509-13. 2007 - Predictive validity of four bioelectrical impedance equations in determining percent fat mass in overweight and obese childrenJane Cleary
Department of Clinical Nutrition, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
J Am Diet Assoc 108:136-9. 2008..121). This study suggests that the Schaefer equation is the only accurate BIA prediction equation for assessing percent fat mass in this sample of overweight and obese children from primarily white backgrounds... - Methodological considerations in using accelerometers to assess habitual physical activity in children aged 0-5 yearsDylan P Cliff
Child Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 12:557-67. 2009..Recommendations for further research are outlined, based on the above findings, which, if undertaken, will enhance the accuracy of accelerometer-based assessments of habitual physical activity in young children... - Changes in physical activity levels, lesson context, and teacher interaction during physical education in culturally and linguistically diverse Australian schoolsDean A Dudley
School of Human Movement Studies, Faculty of Education, Charles Sturt University, Allen House, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:114. 2012.... - Physical activity levels and movement skill instruction in secondary school physical educationDean A Dudley
School of Human Movement Studies, Charles Sturt University, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 15:231-7. 2012..To determine the levels of physical activity (PA), lesson context and teacher interaction students receive during physical education (PE) in secondary schools in New South Wales, Australia... - Trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1985, 1997, and 2004Michael L Booth
New South Wales Centre for Overweight and Obesity, Level 2, K25 Medical Foundation Building, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1089-95. 2007..Height and weight were measured, and BMI categories were created using International Obesity Task Force definitions. Students were grouped as Grades 2 + 4 + 6 and 8 + 10... - The reliability of the Adolescent Sedentary Activity Questionnaire (ASAQ)Louise L Hardy
NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Level 2, Medical Foundation Building K25, Camperdown NSW 2006 Australia
Prev Med 45:71-4. 2007.... - Epidemiology of physical activity participation among New South Wales school studentsMichael L Booth
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Children s Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:371-4. 2002..To examine the prevalence and socio-demographic distribution of physical activity among New South Wales school students in Years 8 and 10... - Physical activity among adolescents in New South Wales (Australia): 1997 and 2004Louise L Hardy
NSW Centre of Overweight and Obesity, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:835-41. 2008..To examine secular trends, seasonal and socioeconomic differences in physical activity participation among Australian adolescents in 1997 and 2004... - Body mass index, waist circumference, and chronic disease risk factors in Australian adolescentsElizabeth Denney-Wilson
NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity, Level 2, Medical Foundation Bldg K25, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2006
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:566-73. 2008..To determine the association between measures of adiposity (body mass index and waist circumference) and risk factors for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, and the clustering of risk factors in middle adolescence... - Sedentary behaviours among Australian adolescentsLouise L Hardy
NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 30:534-40. 2006..To describe the prevalence and distribution (by demographic characteristics and body mass index [BMI] category) of sedentary behaviour among Australian adolescents aged 11-15 years... - The reliability and validity of the Adolescent Physical Activity Recall QuestionnaireMichael L Booth
NSW Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney at The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2124, Australia
Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1986-95. 2002..This study assessed the test-retest reliability and validity of the Adolescent Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire (APARQ) among 13- and 15-yr-old Australians...