Publications by authors named "Aaron Miatke"
Objective: To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages.
Methods: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of RCTs evaluating the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function were eligible. Data extraction and risk of bias scoring were conducted in duplicate.
Background: Wearable activity trackers, including fitness bands and smartwatches, offer the potential for disease detection by monitoring physiological parameters. However, their accuracy as specific disease diagnostic tools remains uncertain.
Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate whether wearable activity trackers can be used to detect disease and medical events.
Background: The school day provides a supportive and stimulating environment that may protect children and adolescents (5-18 years) from behaviours that are adverse for health and wellbeing.
Objective: To review the literature regarding changes in children's academic achievement or overall wellbeing during the extended school summer break and evaluate if the outcomes are different for children experiencing disadvantage.
Methods: The peer-reviewed literature was searched across six electronic databases for studies tracking changes in any academic, health or wellbeing outcome in children over the summer holidays.
Background: Emerging evidence suggests that children's fatness increases and fitness declines at a greater rate during the summer holiday period, compared with the school year. The aim of this study was to compare rates of change in fitness and fatness over the in-term and summer holiday periods among Australian schoolchildren. A secondary aim was to explore whether rates of change differed according to the child's sex, socio-economic status (SES), pubertal status and weight status.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: How time is allocated influences health. However, any increase in time allocated to one behaviour must be offset by a decrease in others. Recently, studies have used compositional data analysis (CoDA) to estimate the associations with health when reallocating time between different behaviours.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: There are well-known socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in children and adolescents' health which may be associated with time use. Our aim was to evaluate the association between Australian children's 24-hour time use and SES using four separate surveys from 2005 to 2021.
Methods: Time use was assessed in 4526 8-19-year-olds from the 2005 Health of Young Victorians, 2007 National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2015 Child Health CheckPoint, and 2019-21 Life on Holidays study.
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- - Chatbots, or virtual assistants, show promise in enhancing healthcare by promoting physical activity, diet, and sleep, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of 19 trials focused on these areas.
- - The analysis found that chatbots significantly increased total physical activity, daily steps, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, sleep duration, and sleep quality, with statistically significant outcomes (p<0.05).
- - Subgroup analyses indicated that text-based and AI-driven chatbots were more effective than voice-based ones for improving fruit and vegetable consumption, and that incorporating multiple strategies in interventions improved sleep outcomes more than using chatbots alone.
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- This review aimed to gather evidence on how physical activity impacts symptoms of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress in adults.
- It analyzed 97 systematic reviews, incorporating over 1,000 trials and 128,000 participants, revealing that physical activity has moderate positive effects on reducing these mental health issues across various populations.
- The largest benefits were observed in individuals with depression, pregnant women, and those with chronic conditions, with higher intensity activities yielding better results, though effectiveness tended to decrease with longer intervention durations.
Background: The inverse relationship between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) duration and childhood adiposity is well established. Less is known about how characteristics of MVPA accumulation may be associated with adiposity, independent of MVPA duration. This study aimed to investigate how the MVPA characteristics of children, other than duration (bout length, time of day, day-to-day consistency, intensity), were associated with adiposity.
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