Frontiers in Public Health | Children and Health

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2025

Determinants of engagement in muscle-strengthening activities among children and adolescents: insights from a large-scale school-based study

in Children and Health

Hongtao Sheng
Bin Ge
Yang Li
Zehan Xu
Xingyi Yang
Wenjun Wang
Jin Yan

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1526907

1,185 views

Original Research

Published on 08 Apr 2025

SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies for a safe (post-)pandemic implementation of school music trips and their impact on participants’ health

in Children and Health

Linus Fritz Felix Möckel
Samipa Pudasaini
Kira Louisa Boldt
Fabian Holert
Anna Slagman
Stefanie Theuring
Frank Mockenhaupt
Martin Möckel

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1422243

1,082 views

Systematic Review

Published on 08 Apr 2025

Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6–59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Children and Health

Wubet Tazeb Wondie
Alemu Birara Zemariam
Gezahagn Demsu Gedefaw
Gebeyehu Lakew
Eyob Getachew
Berihun Agegn Mengistie
Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw
Alex Ayenew Chereka
Gemeda Wakgari Kitil
Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1496931

2,063 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Multidimensional disparity in inadequate minimum dietary diversity between poor and non-poor children aged 6–23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate decomposition analysis

in Children and Health

Abel Endawkie
Yawkal Tsega
Desale B. Asmamaw
Natnael Kebede
Mastewal Arefaynie
Temeselew Woldetsadik Mawugatie

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1516129

708 views

Opinion

Published on 01 Apr 2025

Growing risk of child labor in the Middle East and North Africa amid cascading crises

in Children and Health

Rima R. Habib
Reem S. Katrib
Diana Mikati
Marian Abouzeid

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1502687

921 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Mar 2025

Healthcare facility factors associated with health-seeking behavior among secondary school students in the Dodoma region: an analytical cross-sectional study

in Children and Health

Karim Faragha Athumani
Joanes Faustine Mboineki

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1457318

1,009 views

Original Research

Published on 25 Mar 2025

Estimating program coverage in the treatment of acute malnutrition using population-based cluster survey methods: results from surveys in Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Niger

in Children and Health

Grace Heymsfield
Elizabeth Radin
Marie Biotteau
Suvi Kangas
Zachary Tausanovitch
Casie Tesfai
Léonard Kiema
Wenldasida Thomas Ouedraogo
Badou Seni Mamoudou
Mahamat Garba Issa

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1513567

1,288 views

Editorial

Published on 25 Mar 2025

Editorial: School-based nutrition and physical activity interventions among children and adolescents

in Children and Health

Shooka Mohammadi
Hui Chin Koo

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1585511

1,488 views

Review

Published on 24 Mar 2025

The impact of rare diseases on the quality of life in paediatric patients: current status

in Children and Health

John Sieh Dumbuya
Cizheng Zeng
Lin Deng
Yuanglong Li
Xiuling Chen
Bashir Ahmad
Jun Lu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1531583

2,102 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Mar 2025

Children’s birth weight and the risk of general obesity and central obesity in primary school children: a 4-year longitudinal study

in Children and Health

Yi Lin
Richard Rankin
Stuart McDonald
Xiao-Yong Li
Feng Wang
Si-Jia Wang
Qing-Hai Gong
Feng Tong

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1469226

871 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Mar 2025

A predictive model to explore risk factors for Henoch–Schönlein purpura nephritis in children: a retrospective cross-sectional study

in Children and Health

Qianwen Yang
Maoyang Zhang
Zilong Dong
Fang Deng

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1507408

1,088 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Mar 2025

Socioeconomic determinants of low birth weight and its association with peripubertal obesity in Brazil

in Children and Health

Fernanda Lima-Soares
Renato Simões Gaspar
Silas Alves-Costa
Cecilia C. Costa Ribeiro
Antonio Marcus de Andrade Paes

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1424342

934 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Mar 2025

Lifestyle factors associated with being overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang, China

in Children and Health

Xiaoting Pan
Chaoyi Jiang
Wenqing Wang
Jianfeng Lin

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1551099

1,232 views

Study Protocol

Published on 14 Mar 2025

ENERGY expenditure of COmmuting to school (ENERGYCO): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

in Children and Health

Pablo Campos-Garzón
Víctor Manuel Valle-Muñoz
José Manuel Segura-Díaz
Manuel Ávila-García
Romina Gisele Saucedo-Araujo
Ana Ruiz-Alarcón
Francisco David López-Centeno
Unai A. Pérez De Arrilucea Le Floc’h
Juan M. A. Alcantara
Luis Miguel Medel-Carbonell

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1467227

3,306 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Mar 2025

Geographic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep time, and gross motor skills in Nigerian preschoolers

in Children and Health

John Oginni
Oluwayomi Aoko
Ekundayo Ajiborisade
Chukwuebuka Osuji
Anthony D. Okely
Kar Hau Chong
Penny L. Cross
Zan Gao

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1506705

1,013 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Mar 2025

Assessing male involvement in childcare and associated factors among fathers of below two in Toke Kutaye district, Central Ethiopia, 2024: a community-based cross-sectional study

in Children and Health

Gemechu Ganfure
Jiregna Darega
Latera Debebe Kitila

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1527675

892 views

Determinants of engagement in muscle-strengthening activities among children and adolescents: insights from a large-scale school-based study

SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies for a safe (post-)pandemic implementation of school music trips and their impact on participants’ health

Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6–59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Multidimensional disparity in inadequate minimum dietary diversity between poor and non-poor children aged 6–23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate decomposition analysis

Growing risk of child labor in the Middle East and North Africa amid cascading crises

Healthcare facility factors associated with health-seeking behavior among secondary school students in the Dodoma region: an analytical cross-sectional study

Estimating program coverage in the treatment of acute malnutrition using population-based cluster survey methods: results from surveys in Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Niger

Editorial: School-based nutrition and physical activity interventions among children and adolescents

The impact of rare diseases on the quality of life in paediatric patients: current status

Children’s birth weight and the risk of general obesity and central obesity in primary school children: a 4-year longitudinal study

A predictive model to explore risk factors for Henoch–Schönlein purpura nephritis in children: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Socioeconomic determinants of low birth weight and its association with peripubertal obesity in Brazil

Lifestyle factors associated with being overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang, China

ENERGY expenditure of COmmuting to school (ENERGYCO): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Geographic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep time, and gross motor skills in Nigerian preschoolers

Assessing male involvement in childcare and associated factors among fathers of below two in Toke Kutaye district, Central Ethiopia, 2024: a community-based cross-sectional study

Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6–59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Multidimensional disparity in inadequate minimum dietary diversity between poor and non-poor children aged 6–23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate decomposition analysis