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Regular physical activity is important for children's physical and mental health, yet many children do not achieve recommended amounts of physical activity. Dog ownership has been associated with increased physical activity in children, however, there have been no longitudinal studies examining this relationship.

Improving nutrition and physical activity is a global health priority. Within Cochrane’s new production model, Thematic Groups (TG) with specialist content and review methods expertise have been established. The purpose of TGs is to support the development and dissemination of high-quality evidence syntheses on priority issues.

To investigate associations between interpregnancy intervals (IPIs) and adverse birth outcomes in twin pregnancies.

Outdoor play in the home yard is an important source of physical activity for many preschoolers. This study investigated if home yard size and vegetation are related to preschooler outdoor play time.

Informing urban planning and policy development to grow equitable access to healthy environments for young people and their families.

Physical activity is critical during the early years of life for a child’s health and development.

Play Active is a national, low-cost, evidence-based program to boost energetic play in early childhood education and care. It offers free professional development for educators.

With rising levels of physical and mental health issues, ensuring children establish good physical activity behaviours early in life is more important than ever.

The PLAYCE Cohort was established to investigate how movement behaviours change over early to late childhood, across key behaviour settings and relationships with health and development

Nurturing children's health together: A collaboration between early childhood education and care (ECEC) educators and parents on active play and eating well