Changes in Physical Activity Beliefs and Behaviors of Boys and Girls Across the Transition to Junior High School

A Stealth Intervention: The GLAMA (Girls! Lead! Achieve! Mentor! Activate!) and BLAST (Boys! Lead! Activate! Succeed Together!) School Connectedness, Peer Leadership and Physical Activity Transition Program

“…Further analysis revealed 40% of females and 30% of males decreased the days of the week on which they were physically active. These findings are in support of previous research reporting that physical activity participation declines during adolescence, especially in girls (Camacho-Miñano, LaVoi, & Barr-Anderson, 2011;Craggs, Corder, van Sluijs, & Griffin, 2011;Dishman, Saunders, Motl, Dowda, & Pate, 2009) and across the school transition period (Garcia, Pender, Antonakos, & Ronis, 1998).…”

Moving Physical Activity Beyond the School Classroom: A Social-ecological Insight for Teachers of the facilitators and barriers to students' non-curricular physical activity

“…Adolescents who have just commenced secondary school are suggested to be particularly susceptible to low physical activity levels because they begin to undergo body image and self esteem changes (intrapersonal), changes to friendship groups and support structures (interpersonal) and their school environment (physical environment) changes (Garcia, Pender, Antonakos, & Ronis, 1998).…”

Sexo, renda e escolaridade associados ao nível de atividade física de trabalhadores

“…Some studies 6,11 reveal that the prevalence of physical inactivity is higher among women, behavior which is observed from adolescence on, as pointed out in the study by Garcia et al 4 Workers covered by the PAT in the Federal District showed higher prevalence of a sedentary lifestyle among women. Other studies confi rmed these results, such as the Canadian national survey 2 (59% of inactive women and 52% of inactive men) and Matsudo et al's 11 in the city of São Paulo (47.3% of inactive women and 45.6% of inactive men).…”