Physical Activity and Fitness in the Health Promotion of Children and Adolescents
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Preventive Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 December 2025 | Viewed by 117
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical education; school physical education; healthy physical education; game and recreation; motor skills; psychomotricity
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Interests: physical activity; physical education; first aid; physical exercise
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, The World Health Organization has been warning of a serious health problem in the child and youth population derived from the lack of physical activity. The rates of overweight and obesity associated with a sedentary lifestyle are on the rise and, even though mechanisms are in place to remedy it, institutions and families have not quite found a solution to this problem. From early childhood, the foundations must be laid to comply with the recommendations for daily physical activity and, in turn, guide children and young people to practice daily physical activity and take the essential actions to aid and complement the dose of daily physical activity necessary for our younger population.
We are pleased to invite you to send manuscripts will contribute to the field of health promotion from the point of view of physical education. This Special Issue aims to deepen and understand future trends in physical activity and sports in health promotion.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- health interventions from the educational field;
- sport and fitness as a vehicle for the improvement of health;
- psychological aspects associated with the improvement of health in children and adolescents;
- theoretical reviews on physical activity, sports, fitness, education, and health in children and young people;
- active methodologies that promote physical activity and movement;
- methods of relaxation, breathing, and mindfulness, which seek to develop physical and mental health; and research on physical activity and health.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández
Prof. Dr. Rubén Navarro Patón
Guest Editors
Dr. Martín Barcala-Furelos
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- health interventions from the educational field
- physical education and health
- new trends in physical education and healthy sports
- new methodologies in physical education
- physical, mental, and emotional health
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Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Prediction of factors influencing quality of movement performance in obese and overweight health care students - A cross sectional study.
Author: Soman
Highlights: - 6MWD was the strongest predictor of movement quality in overweight and obese health care students.
- Body mass index is moderating the relationship between 6MWD and FMS.
- Ability to move efficiently and without injury plays a pivotal role in the competency of a healthcare professional.
