Promoting Physical Activity Through Youth Sports Programs: It’s Social

Youth sports programs: contribution to physical activity.

Promoting social inclusion through Unified Sports for youth with intellectual disabilities: a five-nation study.

BACKGROUND Although the promotion of social inclusion through sports has received increased attention with other disadvantaged groups, this is not the case for children and adults with intellectual disability who experience marked social isolation. The study evaluated the outcomes from one sports programme with particular reference to the processes that were perceived to enhance social inclusio...

Assessing physical activity during youth sport: the Observational System for Recording Activity in Children: Youth Sports.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and interrater reliability of the Observational System for Recording Activity in Children: Youth Sports (OSRAC:YS). Children (N = 29) participating in a parks and recreation soccer program were observed during regularly scheduled practices. Physical activity (PA) intensity and contextual factors were recorded by momentary time-sampling proc...

The effect of social support and school- and community-based sports on youth physical activity.

OBJECTIVE To examine how social support, participation in intramurals, varsity and community sports are associated with physical activity among Ontario secondary school students, and explore gender differences in the prevalence of physical activity and participation in school- and community-based sports. METHODS Data from 25,416 students (grades 9-12) attending 76 Ontario secondary schools we...

Healthy youth places promoting nutrition and physical activity.

To reduce the risk for chronic disease, adolescents should eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables and be physically active daily. The Healthy Youth Places Project will test if an intervention strategy that implements school environmental change--with adult leader and youth participation--will influence and maintain adolescent fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity. Us...