A5084446587- Physical Activity and Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Health and Medical Studies
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- School Health and Nursing Education
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Physical Education and Training Studies
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Human Health and Disease
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Traffic and Road Safety
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2019-2025
University of Bern
2022
The impact of COVID-19 on social life has been drastic and global. However, the different numbers cases actions in countries have leading to various interesting yet unexplored effects human behavior. In present study, we compare physical activity recreational screen time a representative sample 1711 4- 17-year-olds before during strictest first lockdown Germany. We found that sports declined whereas increased. substantial increase habitual activities leads an overall among children...
Reduced physical activity (PA) and prolonged screen time (ST) negatively influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL), a protective factor against illness mortality. Studies addressing the relationship between PA, ST, mental health in youth are scarce, especially times with high burdens like COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose this examination was to investigate whether HRQoL before predict during Participants from Motorik-Modul Study (MoMo;
Abstract Background Adequate physical activity is essential to maintain and improve health, including in adolescents young adults. A significant part of sports activity. However, few longitudinal studies cover the transition from adolescence early adulthood. Therefore, aim assess how maintenance or a change during this relates fitness, BMI, recurrent pain. Methods Data 947 aged 11 - 17 years (53 % girls) Momo baseline (2003 2006) that were followed up at MoMo Wave 1 (2009 2012) used. Sports...
With digitalization and virtual entertainment being the megatrends of 21st century, there is reasonable concern about role physical activity (PA) in daily life children adolescents. To identify risk-groups with insufficient PA to guide interventions, continuous representative tracking crucial. In this paper, data adolescents from Motorik-Modul (MoMo) baseline study (2003–2006, N = 4,528) compared those Wave 2 (2014–2017, 3,708). Participants aged 4–17 were drawn out 167 sample points Germany...
The purposes of this paper were to (a) develop a new short, theory-driven, version the physical activity enjoyment scale (PACES-S) using content analysis; and (b) subsequently measure psychometric properties (construct validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, concurrent validity) PACES-S for adolescents.Six experts used four-point Likert assess validity each 16 items according provided definition enjoyment. Based on results, exploratory factor analysis was analyze survey data...
Quantification of physical activity (PA) depends on the type measurement and analysis method making it difficult to compare adherence PA guidelines. Therefore, test-retest reliability, validity, stability for self-reported (i.e., questionnaire diary) device-based measured accelerometry with 10/60 s epochs) was compared in 32 adults children from SMARTFAMILY study examine if differences these tools are systematic. collected during two separate weeks relationship each quality criteria analyzed...
Green space may be an important physical activity facilitator for children and adolescents. However, to date, most studies focused on urban green space, few investigated associations between across rural areas, which was the goal of this study. Data were obtained from a German cohort study, including 1,211 youth aged 6–17 years. Residential assessed within 1000 m street-network buffer using land cover use data divided into quartiles, urbanicity European Urbanization Degree,...
Abstract Background As children show a more complex but less structured movement behavior than adults, assessment of their many spontaneous and impulsive movements is challenge for physical activity (PA) assessment. Since neither questionnaires nor accelerometers enable optimal detection all facets PA, multimodal, combined approach self-reported device-based methods recommended. Based on the number days which participants reached values given in WHO guideline, this study examines 1)...
Abstract Childhood physical activity (PA) plays a critical role in preventing obesity and supporting overall health. This study investigates the prevalence of weight status categories their association with organized unorganized PA among 6- to 17-year-old children Germany using MoMo Wave 3 (2018–2020). Cross-sectional data from (2018–2020) were analyzed examine associations between PA. A total 1983 participants (age: 11.6 ± 3.4 years, 52.3% male) completed questionnaire had anthropometric...
Currently, no nationwide objective physical activity data exists for children and adolescents living in Germany. The German Health Interview Examination Survey Children Adolescents (KiGGS) the Motorik-Modul study (MoMo) is a national cohort that has incorporated accelerometers its most recent collection wave (wave 2, since 2014). This 2 marks first of on
Children in Germany showed positive physical activity changes during the first Covid-19 lockdown April 2020, but it is unclear how relate to population density, which we investigated a longitudinal sample of 1711 youth (4–17 years). For each ten citizens more per km2, less were observed. example, child living an area with 100 citizens/km2 increased daily life by 44.50 min/day, whereas 3000 only engaged additional 9.70 min/day. Policymakers should ensure that densely populated areas have...
Introduction Regular physical activity (PA) and good motor performance are essential for children’s mental health. However, historical trends suggest that levels of PA in children adolescents at a low point. The relationships between PA, performance, health their respective determinants, as well individual development throughout childhood adolescence, not yet fully understood. Therefore, continuous monitoring is needed to identify vulnerable subpopulations provide data policy-makers...
Abstract The COVID‑19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic created a multitude of natural experiments about the change human behavior in widely unfamiliar situation. Besides physical and mental health, activity (PA) people’s movement behaviors were particular interest to researchers all over world. In recent study, we found that among youth Germany, sports declined, whereas recreational screen time habitual increased during first lockdown. present analyze influence socioeconomic status...
Abstract Structured activities, in which children participate for example at school, are consistent and limited scope. After-school or weekend by contrast, involve a wider range of behaviors. Studies have shown that physical activity (PA), as measured accelerometers, is lower on weekends compared to weekdays school days, whereas PA does not differ between weekdays. In the present study, we examined accelerometer data adolescents living Germany different days. The current analysis used...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence socio-structural determinants physical activity (PA) behavior in children and adolescents. We expected that socioeconomic status, social support, environment PA directly while status also has an indirect via support environment. Cross-sectional data from German Motorik-Modul (MoMo) were used (Wave 2, 2014–2017). sample consisted N = 2134 adolescents aged 6–17 years. Socioeconomic measured by questionnaires. To measure PA, instructed wear...
Abstract Background Studies investigating associations between natural environments and health outcomes or behaviors in children adolescents yielded heterogenous results to date. This may be the result of different geospatial configurations environment confounding characteristics study population. Thus, we investigated how relationship mental health, muscular fitness, physical activity varies depending on configuration nature children’s adolescents’ characteristics. Methods Data were derived...
Abstract Background Physical activity (PA) has beneficial effects on health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), which is a protective factor illness mortality. The purpose this examination was to investigate if self-reported device-based measures PA were related HRQoL in adolescents. Methods Participants ( N = 1565; 54.3% female; M age 14.37 years, SD 1.99) recruited from 167 sample points across Germany. Adolescents their PA, supplemented by 1-week using accelerometry. Additionally,...
Recurrent pain can be a significant disruption in the activities of daily life, and is not only health problem adults but also children adolescents. This study analyzed prevalence recurrent current sample (n = 1516; 11-17 years (meanage 14.4 ± 2.0 years); 50.8% female) nationwide Germany, evaluated association participants' device-based physical activity (PA) with pain, assessed whether adolescents who reported for last three months accumulated less PA than those did not. A higher was found...
A new measure of the short form Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES-S), including four items, has been developed that focuses on subjective experience enjoyment. As validation so far only conducted in a youth population, purpose present article was to test psychometric properties an adult population three studies. In first study (n = 1017) results supported unidimensional structure instrument (χ2 10.0; df 2; p < 0.01; CFI 0.992; RMSEA 0.063), revealed satisfactory level internal...