Are physical activity and sedentary behavior related to depression?

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Academic Performance

PURPOSE: To determine the relationships between objectively measured and self-reported physical activity, sedentary behavior, and academic performance in Finnish children. METHODS: Two hundred seventy-seven children from five schools in the Jyväskylä school district in Finland (58% of the 475 eligible students; mean age 12.2 years; 56% girls) participated in the study in the spring of 2011. Sel...

Calibration of the global physical activity questionnaire to Accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary behavior

BACKGROUND Self-report questionnaires are a valuable method of physical activity measurement in public health research; however, accuracy is often lacking. The purpose of this study is to improve the validity of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire by calibrating it to 7 days of accelerometer measured physical activity and sedentary behavior. METHODS Participants (n = 108) wore an ActiG...

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Symptoms of Major Depression in Middle Childhood.

OBJECTIVE The prospective relation between physical activity and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-defined major depression in middle childhood is unknown, as is the stability of depression. We therefore aimed to (1) determine whether there are reciprocal relations between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior, on one hand, and Diagnostic and S...

Perceived neighborhood safety related to physical activity but not recreational screen-based sedentary behavior in adolescents

BACKGROUND A growing proportion of adolescents have poor cardiovascular health behaviors, including low levels of physical activity and high levels of sedentary behavior, thus increasing the likelihood of poor heart health in later years. This study tested the hypothesis that low perceived neighborhood safety would be associated with low levels of physical activity and high levels of recreation...

Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity