SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Interventions to Improve Child Physical Activity in the Early Childhood Education and Care Setting: An Umbrella Review.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital Tools' Effectiveness on Physical Activity Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: Umbrella Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Pooled it
- Physical Activity Levels of Early Childhood Educators: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Child: care, health and development · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of early childhood education and care-based interventions on child physical activity, anthropometrics, fundamental movement skills, cognitive functioning, and social-emotional wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Policy, systems, and environmental interventions addressing physical activity in early childhood education settings: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of Short Videos Supporting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Early Childhood Education: The Small Bites for Big Steps Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Trial
- Getting an Active Start: Assessing the Impact of a Physical Literacy-Based Intervention on Preschool-Aged Children's Fundamental Movement Skills, Motor Competency and Behavioral Self-Regulation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Trial
- Potential Efficacy of the MOVERS Professional Development Programme: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.Child: care, health and development · 2025Trial
- Play Active physical activity policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Digital and Blended Lifestyle Interventions for Preschool-Aged Children and Families With a Low Socioeconomic Position and the General Population: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Structured Activity and Free Outdoor Play in Early Childhood Education and Care: An OSRAC-P Observational Study of Physical Activity Intensity and Context.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Evidence Mapping: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practice Elements in Early Childhood Education and Care.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Physiology of everyday sleep and physical activity: An exploratory mixed-methods study of multi-sensor wearables for infants and toddlers.Behavior research methods · 2026Article
- Enhancing healthy eating and active play in the Australian early childhood education and care system.Health promotion international · 2025Article
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- Physical activity promotion in the early childcare setting: a content analysis of the federal-state-wide educational framework plans in Germany.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Assessing the implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in Early Childhood Education and Care in New South Wales, Australia: A cross-sectional study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional study assessing barriers and facilitators to the sustainability of physical activity and nutrition interventions in early childhood education and care settings.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- Integrated Measure of PRogram Element SuStainability in Childcare Settings (IMPRESS-C): development and psychometric evaluation of a measure of sustainability determinants in the early childhood education and care setting.Implementation science : IS · 2024Article
- Barriers, enablers and motivators of the "I'm an active Hero" physical activity intervention for preschool children: a qualitative study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Modification of childcare's outdoor setting for toddler physical activity and nature-based play: A mixed methods study.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a key setting to support improvements in the physical activity of young children. This umbrella review gathered and synthesised systematic review evidence of the effectiveness of interventions in the ECEC setting on the physical activity levels of children aged 0-6. We also mapped the current evidence to the existing ECEC sector-specific physical activity practice recommendations. Five electronic databases were searched to identify systematic reviews that evaluated the impact of any ECEC-based interventions on the physical activity levels (e.g., moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, total physical activity) of children aged 0-6. One reviewer extracted data on intervention effectiveness and quality of the reviews, checked by a second reviewer. Ten reviews were included. Overall, the majority of the reviews found interventions delivered in ECEC improved child physical activity. Across reviews, the impact of six intervention strategies were identified, mapped to four (of eight) broad recommendations (i.e., providing opportunity, offering educator training, educators promoting the benefits of physical activity, creating a physical activity-promoting environment). The impact of the majority of recommendations, however, did not have systematic review evidence. Further investigation of the effectiveness of ECEC-based physical activity strategies is required to demonstrate support for the existing recommended practices.
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