Overweight and obesity in youth are important public health concerns and are of particular
interest because of possible long‐term associations with adult weight status and morbidity. …

… VAN GYN. Factors influencing physical activity levels among Canadian youth. Can. … KEMPER,
HC, GB POST, JW TWISK, and W. VAN MECHELEN. Lifestyle and obesity in adolescence …

Notwithstanding the healthy influence of sporting activities on risk factors, in particular those
of cardiovascular disease, it is becoming increasingly apparent that sports can present a …

Background The pandemic of physical inactivity is associated with a range of chronic diseases
and early deaths. Despite the well documented disease burden, the economic burden of …

… Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Uijtdewilligen, Twisk, van
Mechelen, and Chinapaw. Statistical analysis: Singh, Twisk, and Chinapaw. Administrative, …

… Verhagen EALM, van der Beek AJ, van Mechelen W. The effect of tape, braces … Verhagen
EALM, van Mechelen W, de Vente W. The effect of preventive measures … Willem van Mechelen …

… Author links open overlay panel Magdalena van den Berg a , Wanda Wendel-Vos b ,
Mireille van Poppel a c , Han Kemper a , Willem van Mechelen a , Jolanda Maas a d …

… sports injury and sport participation, runner characteristics, research design and length of
study may influence findings on injury incidence as described by Van Mechelen et al. (1990). …

CONTEXT: Nowadays, people spend a substantial amount of time per day on sedentary
behaviors and it is likely that the time spent sedentary will continue to rise. To date, there is no …

… This general decline in habitual physical activity with age is in accordance with the report
of Haskell (4) and with the recent review of Armstrong and Van Mechelen (1). For a “true” …