The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth were released in
2016. These guidelines contained recommendations for moderate to vigorous physical …

Background: As the number of immigrant children increases in the USA, there is a growing
need to understand their health behavior and health needs. The purpose of this research …

Importance Mood disorders are associated with increased body weight, especially in
females, but it remains unknown when the weight increase starts. Objectives To examine …

Purpose The primary objective was to use isotemporal substitution models to estimate
whether replacing time spent in sedentary video games (SVGs) and active outdoor play …

Background The health of adolescents is determined by structural and intermediary factors.
Such factors operate through pathways that foster different opportunities to achieve health …

Objectives Children of immigrants and refugees from developing countries are at risk for
poor growth that could contribute to adult chronic disease. This study describes the physical …

Objective Perceptions of body weight represent an important health issue for Canadian
adolescents. While associations between weight perception and mental health concerns like …

This study of grade 6–10 students used compositional analysis to examine the relationship
between the movement behavior composition (time in sleep, screen time, and physical …

Increasing rates of overweight, obesity, and related metabolic diseases documented among
refugee communities across the United States necessitate greater attention to how …

Le Canada accueille de nouveaux immigrants chaque année. Ces Néo-Canadiens font face
à un risque disproportionnellement élevé de développer de l'obésité ou des maladies …