Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Children, Youth and Adults: Risk Factors and Other Associated Variables

Dear Colleagues,

The pandemic declared at the beginning of 2020 transformed the lifestyle of the world population, applying restrictions on mobility and social contact. Currently, although society is recovering its lifestyle, it is observed that the lack of physical activity as well as sedentary behavior in children, young people and adults are still evident. Physical activity is a fundamental element for the personal, social and emotional well-being of our society, and that is why it must be present in our lifestyle. In this sense, there are multiple factors related to the lack of physical activity and an increase in sedentary behavior in our society; therefore, it is necessary to know the risk factors and other associated variables to alleviate this problem in children, youth and adults. In addition, these risk factors and other associated variables will give us the keys to create and carry out interventions that cause changes in behavior and healthy lifestyles.

Therefore, through this Special Issue entitled “Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in children, youth and adults. Risk factors and other associated variables”, we invite you with your contributions to support the need to maintain an active lifestyle in children, youth and adults, to know the risk factors and other variables associated with physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors and to the proposal and implementation of interventions to solve this problem. Specifically, we welcome research that provides relevant scientific evidence on the topics including:

• Physical activity;
• Sedentary behavior;
• Health behaviors;
• New technologies, physical activity and sedentary lifestyle;
• Interventions to support behavior and lifestyle changes;
• Risk factors and variables associated with physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyle;
• Psychosocial variables associated with physical inactivity and sedentary behavior;
• Physical education as a tool to encourage physical activity and avoid sedentary behavior.

Dr. Carmen Fernández Echeverría
Dr. Conejero Suarez Manuel
Dr. Jara Gonzalez-Silva
Guest Editors

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