Teaching traditional indoor school lessons in nature: The effects on student learning and behaviour
Abstract The natural environment is associated with better behaviour and academic performance in children. However, research to date has been…
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Childhood exercise as medicine: Extracurricular sport diminishes subsequent ADHD symptoms
Early sustained middle childhood involvement in organized sport seems beneficial for the subsequent behavioral development of girls but no associations were found for boys. Middle childhood participation in structured venues that demand physical skill and effort with a coach or instructor may thus represent a valuable policy strategy to promote this aspect of behavioral development for girls.
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Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants
The majority of adolescents do not meet current physical activity guidelines. Urgent scaling up of implementation of known effective policies and programmes is needed to increase activity in adolescents.
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Girls who are more physically active in childhood may have better lung function in adolescence
A study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by “la Caixa,” has for the first time demonstrated an association between regular physical activity during childhood and higher lung-function values in adolescent girls.
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Why Families Go Outside: An Exploration of Mothers’ and Daughters’ Family-Based Nature Activities
Mothers and daughters find spending time outdoors together strengthens communication and family connectedness Twenty-six mothers and daughters participated in semi-structured…
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Curriculum-based outdoor learning for children aged 9-11: A qualitative analysis of pupils’ and teachers’ views
Findings from this study offer schools important insights into the barriers and facilitators of implementing a regular outdoor learning programme within the KS2 curriculum.
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Research Report: Reframing Sport for Teenage Girls: Building Strong Foundations for their Futures
Too many women and girls are needlessly missing out on the lifelong benefits and rewards of sport and physical activity and what happens during teenage years is a huge contributor to this issue.
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Mothers and teenage daughters walking to health: using the behaviour change wheel to develop an intervention to improve adolescent girls’ physical activity
The majority of adolescent girls fail to meet public health guidelines for physical activity. Engaging mothers in the promotion of physical activity for their daughters may be an important strategy to facilitate behaviour change. The aim of this study was to use the behaviour change wheel (BCW) framework to design the components of an intervention to improve adolescent girls’ physical activity.
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The role of physical activity enjoyment in the pathways from the social and physical environments to physical activity of early adolescent girls
The findings of this study identified several direct effects of the social and physical environment on PA enjoyment that can begin to inform environmental-level strategies for increasing PA enjoyment among early adolescent girls.
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The Effects of the Natural Environment on Attention and Family Cohesion: An Experimental Study
This study explored 1) mothers’ and middle-childhood daughters’ attention after exposure to two different environments, and 2) their quality of family cohesion.
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Let the Children Play: Scoping Review on the Implementation and Use of Loose Parts for Promoting Physical Activity Participation
The purpose of this scoping review was to determine what is currently known about how loose parts may influence physical activity participation.
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Children’s screen time From Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, 2015 Report
A majority of Australian children are spending more than the recommended two-hour daily limit for screen time (watching television, on computers and playing electronic games).
