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Physical Activity/Exercise and Health in Children and Adolescents

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 July 2023) | Viewed by 3972

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Chia-Ting Su

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Guest Editor
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242062, Taiwan
Interests: health promotion; children; sensory integration; occupational therapy; quality of life

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Various physical activities, such as exercise, have been known to influence the condition of health for children and adolescents. Learning more about how physical activities or exercise influence motor performance, physical fitness, quality of life, or other health indicators would be beneficial for improving health of this population through a non-pharmacological strategy. It could inspire us to design a more appropriate lifestyle or apply different types of clinical intervention for achieving a better status of health in children and adolescents.

Accordingly, we are organizing a Special Issue, entitled “Physical Activity/Exercise and Health in Children and Adolescents”, in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This Special Issue will focus on the current state of knowledge on how physical activity/exercise shapes heath on children and adolescents. Studies from different fields, such as sport science, special education, or medicine, are all welcomed. There are many indicators being used to assess the status of health: the following keywords include some of them as examples, and studies that adopt other indicators, such as body composition or autonomic nervous system function, to investigate the influence of physical activity/exercise on health will be also applicable for this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Chia-Ting Su
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • health promotion
  • pediatric intervention
  • exercise training
  • physical activity
  • motor performance
  • physical fitness
  • qualify of life

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Associations of Problematic Internet Use, Weight-Related Self-Stigma, and Nomophobia with Physical Activity: Findings from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Malaysia
by Wei Liu, Jung-Sheng Chen, Wan Ying Gan, Wai Chuen Poon, Serene En Hui Tung, Ling Jun Lee, Ping Xu, I-Hua Chen, Mark D. Griffiths and Chung-Ying Lin
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12135; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912135 - 25 Sep 2022
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Insufficient physical activity is a common problem for university students because they may engage in sedentary lifestyle owing to excessive time spent on their smartphones and social media use. This may result in problematic internet use (PIU) and nomophobia (fear of not having [...] Read more.
Insufficient physical activity is a common problem for university students because they may engage in sedentary lifestyle owing to excessive time spent on their smartphones and social media use. This may result in problematic internet use (PIU) and nomophobia (fear of not having a mobile phone). Moreover, prior evidence shows that weight-related self-stigma is an important factor contributing to low physical activity. Therefore, the present study examined the associations between PIU, nomophobia, and physical activity among university students across mainland China, Taiwan, and Malaysia. Participants (3135 mainland Chinese, 600 Taiwanese, and 622 Malaysian) completed the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMPQ), Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire (WSSQ), and International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF). The measurement invariance of the assessed questionnaires was supported across the three regions. The present findings analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling showed that (i) greater nomophobia was associated with higher levels of physical activity, (ii) greater weight-related self-stigma was associated with higher levels of physical activity, and (iii) greater nomophobia was associated with greater weight-related self-stigma. Although the present findings suggest the possibility that experiencing some level of nomophobia or weight-related self-stigma appears to help improve physical activity, it is not recommended that these be encouraged, but reducing PIU should be targeted as a means to improve physical activity. Full article
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