Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction to Physical Activity

1: Physical Activity Domains

2: Global Surveillance of Physical Activity of Children and Youth

3: Global Surveillance of Cardiorespiratory and Musculoskeletal Fitness

4: Physical Activity Recommendations

Part 2: Benefits of Physical Activity

5: Physiological Health Benefits of Physical Activity for Young People

6: Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity for Young People

7: Cognitive and Academic Benefits for School Age Children

Part 3: Factors Associated with Physical Activity

8: Psychological Factors Associated with Physical Activity in Youth

9: Children’s and adolescents’ interpersonal level correlates of physical activity behavior

10: Physical Environmental factors Associated with Physical Activity in Young People

11: School and Community Policies: Implications for Youth Physical Activity and Research

Part 4: Physical Activity Assessment/Measurement

12: Introduction to Physical Activity Measurement

13: Report-based Measures of Physical Activity: Features, Challenges, Considerations, and Resources

14: Direct Observation: Assessing Youth Physical Activity and Its Contexts

15: Pedometers for measuring physical activity in children and adolescents

16: Measuring physical activity with body-worn accelerometers

17: New Perspectives Through Emerging Technologies

Part 5: Fitness and Motor Skill Assessment

18: Field-Based Fitness Assessment in Youth

19: Motor Competence Assessment

Part 6: Introduction to Interventions

20: Youth Physical Activity Intervention Design

21: Implementation and Scale-Up of school-based interventions

22: Evaluation of Physical Activity Interventions

Part 7: School-Based Interventions

23: Physical Education-based Physical Activity Interventions

24: School Recess Physical Activity Interventions

25: Classroom-based Physical Activity Interventions

26: School-based Running Programs

27: Introduction to Multi-component School-based Physical Activity Programs

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28: Preschool and Childcare Center Physical Activity Interventions

29: School Physical Activity for Children with Disabilities

Part 8: Family and Community Interventions

30: Mother-Based Physical Activity Interventions for Young People

31: The Role of fathers in Optimizing Children’s Physical Activity

32: Before and After–School interventions in Youth Physical Activity; Current situation and future directions

33: Keeping Kids Active: Summertime Interventions to Address Physical Activity

34: Active Transport

35: The Role of Technology in Promoting Physical Activity in Youth

Part 9: Motor Skill Development, Exercise and Sport

36: Fundamental Movement Skill Interventions

37: Exercise for Children and Adolescents

38: Importance of Organized Sport Participation for Youth Physical Activity

About the Author

Timothy A. Brusseau, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Director of Health and Kinesiology at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. He is also the Director of the Physical Activity Research Laboratory.

Stuart J. Fairclough, Ph.D. is Professor of Physical Activity Education at Edge Hill University, UK. He is also a member of the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines for Children and Young People Expert Group.

David R. Lubans is Professor and National Health and Medical Research Council Fellow in the Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition at the University of Newcastle, Australia.