A review of correlates of physical activity of children and adolescents

Physical activity and public health. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine

1995 • 7,196 citations

Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

1995 • 5,036 citations

Longitudinal tracking of adolescent smoking, physical activity, and food choice behaviors.

1994 • 1,405 citations

Relationship of Physical Activity and Television Watching With Body Weight and Level of Fatness Among Children

1998 • 1,374 citations

Statement on Exercise: Benefits and Recommendations for Physical Activity Programs for All Americans

1996 • 1,342 citations

Measuring general levels of physical activity: preliminary evidence for the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children

1997 • 934 citations

Mediating variable framework in physical activity interventions

1998 • 841 citations

Tracking of Physical Activity and Physical Fitness across the Lifespan

1996 • 765 citations

Physical Activity and Behavioral Medicine

1998 • 752 citations

Influence of parents' physical activity levels on activity levels of young children

1991 • 659 citations

Young and active? Young people and health-enhancing physical activity - evidence and implications

1998 • 634 citations

Measuring Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure

1996 • 586 citations

Associations between physical activity and other health behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents.

1996 • 538 citations

Physical Activity in Childhood and Adolescence as Predictor of Physical Activity in Young Adulthood

1997 • 512 citations

Determinants of physical activity and interventions in youth

1992 • 480 citations

Effects of Persistent Physical Activity and Inactivity on Coronary Risk Factors in Children and Young Adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

1994 • 444 citations

Sports participation and emotional wellbeing in adolescents

1996 • 425 citations

Parental and Peer Influences on Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Young Adolescents

1992 • 397 citations

The effects of physical activity and exercise training on psychological stress and well-being in an adolescent population

1992 • 393 citations

Does Television Viewing Increase Obesity and Reduce Physical Activity? Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Analyses Among Adolescent Girls

1993 • 368 citations

Longitudinal Analysis

2021 • 356 citations

Observations on Physical Activity in Physical Locations: Ager Gender, Ethnicity, and Month Effects

1993 • 355 citations

Correlates of physical activity at home in Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children.

1993 • 346 citations

GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON LEVEL OF HABITUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE PARTICIPATION

1989 • 332 citations

The Relationship Among Television Watching, Physical Activity, and Body Composition of Young Children

1994 • 330 citations

Determinants of Exercise among Children. II. A Longitudinal Analysis

1998 • 318 citations

Gender and Developmental Differences in Exercise Beliefs Among Youth and Prediction of Their Exercise Behavior

1995 • 314 citations

A Prospective Study of the Determinants of Physical Activity in Rural Fifth-Grade Children

1997 • 311 citations

Tracking of physical activity in young children

1996 • 304 citations

Adolescent health behavior and conventionality^unconventionality: An extension of problem-behavior therapy.

1991 • 300 citations

Predictors of change in children’s physical activity over 20 months

1999 • 298 citations

The effect of socioeconomic status on chronic disease risk behaviors among US adolescents

1996 • 287 citations

The stability of children??s physical activity as measured by accelerometry and self-report

1995 • 284 citations

Determinants of Exercise in Children

1993 • 270 citations

Correlates of physical activity at home in Mexican-American and Anglo-American preschool children.

1993 • 265 citations

Parental Behavior in Relation to Physical Activity and Fitness in 9-Year-Old Children

1992 • 263 citations

Patterns of physical activity among 11 to 16 year old British children.

1990 • 254 citations

Correlates of Vigorous Exercise in a Predominantly Low SES and Minority High School Population

1994 • 249 citations

Psychosocial predictors of physical activity in adolescents

1990 • 248 citations

Adolescent health behavior and conventionality-unconventionality: An extension of problem-behavior therapy.

1991 • 242 citations

Developmental Changes in Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity in Children: Evidence for a Decline in Physical Activity in Girls Before Puberty

1998 • 240 citations

Descriptive Epidemiology of Physical Activity in Adolescents

1994 • 219 citations

Familial Aggregation in Physical Activity

1991 • 218 citations

BEACHES: AN OBSERVATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING CHILDREN'S EATING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIORS AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS

1991 • 218 citations

Effects of obesity, social interactions, and physical environment on physical activity in preschoolers.

1990 • 216 citations

The epidemiology of leisure physical activity in an adolescent population

1993 • 211 citations

Physical and sedentary activity in school children grades 5-8: the Bogalusa Heart Study

1996 • 207 citations

The effects of parental influences on children's food intake, physical activity, and relative weight

1986 • 198 citations

Family Variables and Physical Activity in Preschool Children

1988 • 196 citations

Gender Differences in Physical Activity and Determinants of Physical Activity in Rural Fifth Grade Children

1996 • 193 citations

Parental Influence on Children’s Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity Participation: An Expectancy-Value Approach

1993 • 191 citations

Analysis of Children's Physical Activity and its Association with Adult Encouragement and Social Cognitive Variables

1996 • 185 citations

Activity, inactivity, and obesity: racial, ethnic, and age differences among schoolgirls.

1993 • 175 citations

Aggregation of physical activity habits in Mexican-American and Anglo families

1988 • 174 citations

Changes in Physical Activity Beliefs and Behaviors of Boys and Girls Across the Transition to Junior High School

1998 • 172 citations

Psychosocial Factors Influencing Intentions to Exercise of Young Students from Grades 7 to 9

1986 • 170 citations

Perceived Barriers To Exercise Among Adolescents

1989 • 169 citations

Energy expenditure in small children of obese and non-obese parents

1976 • 167 citations

Physical fitness, physical activity, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents: The Oslo youth study

1988 • 164 citations

Psychosocial Correlates of Physical Activity among Fifth and Eighth Graders

1996 • 159 citations

Associations between physical activity and risk factors for coronary heart disease: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

1997 • 158 citations

Physical Activity, Adiposity, and Obesity among Adolescents

1994 • 153 citations

Physical Activity, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children. The Belgian Luxembourg Child Study II

1997 • 152 citations

Relationships among Children's Beliefs, Perceptions of Their Parents' Beliefs, and Their Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity

1996 • 152 citations

Effects of obesity, social interactions, and physical environment on physical activity in preschoolers.

1990 • 149 citations

Exercise as a buffer of life stress: A prospective study of adolescent health.

1988 • 149 citations

Family determinants of childhood physical activity: A social-cognitive model.

1994 • 148 citations

Correlates of Physical Activity Behavior in Rural Youth

1997 • 146 citations

Eating patterns, physical activity, and attempts to change weight among adolescents

1998 • 144 citations

Sociocultural correlates of childhood sporting activities: Their implications for heart health

1985 • 141 citations

Attitudes, Knowledge, and Beliefs as Predictors of Exercise Intent and Behavior in Schoolchildren

1989 • 138 citations

Anglo- and Mexican-American preschoolers at home and at recess: activity patterns and environmental influences.

1992 • 137 citations

Physical activity and body fatness in pre-school children.

1995 • 136 citations

Factors associated with participation, attrition, and outcome in a smoking cessation program at the workplace.

1988 • 134 citations

Determinants of physical activity in obese children assessed by accelerometer and self-report

1996 • 133 citations

Preschool Activity Level: Personality Correlates and Developmental Implications

1980 • 128 citations

Energy expenditure and physical fitness in overweight vs non-overweight prepubertal girls

1998 • 127 citations

Exercise as a buffer of life stress: A prospective study of adolescent health.

1988 • 122 citations

Heart rate monitoring of physical activity in children and adolescents: the Muscatine Study.

1992 • 117 citations

Factors related to cigarette smoking and alcohol use among adolescents.

1991 • 116 citations

Children at familial risk for obesity: an examination of dietary intake, physical activity and weight status.

1992 • 113 citations

Policy framework for young people and health-enhancing physical activity

1998 • 111 citations

Determinants of Physical Activity Among Female Adolescents

1997 • 108 citations

Children's physical activity: An exploratory study of psychological correlates

1992 • 108 citations

Familial Aggregation of Leisure-Time Physical Activity - a Three Generation Study

1997 • 106 citations

Anglo- and Mexican-American Preschoolers at Home and at Recess

1992 • 92 citations

Parental Influences on Childhood Fitness and Activity Patterns

1993 • 87 citations

Age and sex differences in health habits and beliefs of schoolchildren.

1990 • 83 citations

Energy Expenditure in Lean and Obese Prepubertal Children

1995 • 83 citations

Statement on exercise

1982 • 83 citations

Protection Motivation Theory and Adolescents' Perceptions of Exercise¹

1992 • 80 citations

Effects of reinforcing increases in active behavior versus decreases in sedentary behavior for obese children

1995 • 80 citations

Habitual physical activity: effects of sex, milieu, season and required activity.

1980 • 80 citations

Health behaviours among adolescents: towards a hypothesis of two dimensions

1995 • 77 citations

Patterns of physical activity among German adolescents: The Berlin—Bremen study

1988 • 71 citations

Familial resemblance in lifestyle components: results from the Canada Fitness Survey.

1988 • 69 citations

Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Cigarette, Smokeless Tobacco, and Marijuana Use Among Public High School Adolescents

1995 • 63 citations

Urban Black and White Adolescents' Physical Fitness Status and Perceptions of Exercise

1990 • 63 citations

Relationships among children's health-related behaviors: A multivariate, developmental perspective

1990 • 62 citations

Determinants of Physical Activity in Children

1997 • 61 citations

Physical activity patterns of preschool children

1989 • 59 citations

Normative Beliefs of School Children Concerning Regular Exercise

1984 • 58 citations

Utilizing the Health Belief Model to Predict Dieting and Exercising Behavior of Obese and Nonobese Adolescents

1985 • 57 citations

Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in African‐American Girls With and Without Obesity

1997 • 56 citations

Aerobic Physical Activity among Third- to Sixth-Grade Children

1987 • 56 citations

Socialization of adolescent girls into physical activity.

1983 • 52 citations

Psychological determinants of adolescent exercise adherence.

1994 • 50 citations

Children's fitness and physical activity - a challenge for physical education.

1994 • 49 citations

The Singapore Youth Coronary Risk and Physical Activity Study

1998 • 49 citations

Structure of problem and positive behaviors in African American youths.

1995 • 49 citations

The Relationship among Television Watching, Physical Activity, and Body Composition of 5- or 6-Year-Old Children

1996 • 47 citations

Personal investment predictors of adolescent motivational orientation toward exercise.

1990 • 45 citations

Structure of problem and positive behaviors in African American youths.

1995 • 45 citations

Preliminary Study of the Ability of Reasoned Action Model in Predicting Exercise Behavior of Young Children

1991 • 41 citations

Physical Activity and Sports Involvement in 8‐ and 13‐Year‐Old Children in Sweden

1985 • 41 citations

Leisure time sport activities and maximal aerobic power during late adolescence

1984 • 39 citations

Children's Perception of Parental Exercise: Influence of Sex and Age

1986 • 36 citations

Gender Differences in the Class of 1989 Study: The School Component of the Minnesota Heart Health Program

1995 • 32 citations

Effects of weight cycling and metabolic control in male outpatients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

1990 • 30 citations

Eating habits, activity, lipids and body mass index in Japanese children: The Shiratori Children Study

1998 • 30 citations

On the structure and dimensionality of health-related behaviour in adolescents

1997 • 29 citations

Ethnic and Gender Trends for Cardiovascular Risk Behaviors in Anglo and Mexican American Children, Ages Four to Seven

1995 • 26 citations

Health Behavior Correlates of Depression in a Sample of High School Students

1990 • 25 citations

High and low exercisers among 14- and 15-year-old children

1994 • 22 citations

Demographics, affect, and adolescents' health behaviors.

1992 • 21 citations

Physical Fitness, Self-Esteem, and Attitudes toward Physical Activity

1969 • 17 citations

Physical Activity in Prepubescent Children: Relationship with Residential Altitude and Socioeconomic Status

1996 • 15 citations

Healthful Behaviors: Do They Protect African-American, Urban Preadolescents from Abusable Substance Use?

1993 • 14 citations

Longitudinal analysis of adolescent girls' aspirations at school and perceptions of popularity.

1986 • 10 citations

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1997 • 7 citations

Caloric intake and activity levels are related in young children.

1989 • 6 citations