Promoting Children’s Health Through Movement Behavior
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 730
Special Issue Editors
Interests: children’s health; physical activity; outdoor play; movement behaviours
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Interests: health promotion; obesity; physical activity; sedentary behaviors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Early childhood is a time of rapid physical and mental development, during which a child’s lifestyle habits are formed and changes and adaptations are made to the environment. To maintain and promote the optimal health status of preschool children, it is important to increase physical activity, reduce screen time, and ensure sufficient sleep duration within each 24-hour period. There has been increasing interest in obtaining strong evidence supporting the interaction between these movement-related behaviors over 24 hours and their effect on health outcomes. Locomotion, as an essential human skill, is the primary means by which individuals interact with the external environment, playing a critical role in survival and development. For children, the development of gross motor skills is beneficial to their physical health, mental cognition, and social adaptation, ultimately contributing to an active lifestyle.
The focus of this Special Issue will include the following:
- Movement behavior and physical fitness;
- Movement behavior and fundamental movement skills;
- Isotemporal substitution analysis and movement behavior;
- Body composition and physical fitness;
- Movement behavior and health-related quality of life;
- Health risks associated with insufficient movement behavior.
We aim to encourage researchers in this field to submit original research, reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses to broaden our understanding and explore new research directions.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Hyunshik Kim
Dr. Jiameng Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lifestyle
- physical fitness
- fundamental movement skills
- physical activity
- sleep duration
- screen time
- sedentary behavior
- 24-hour movement behaviors
- health‑related quality
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