Impact of exercise training and sleep on children’s stress perception

In this observational study, exercise and good sleep hygiene represent important tools to counteract stress perception in youth, fostering present and future wellbeing and health. The collection of lifestyle data using a simple questionnaire with simple clinical parameters may offer an opportunity to construct an immediate picture of family members' lifestyles, which may motivate parents and institutions to focus on improvement of lifestyle components (in particular, exercise and good sleep) instead of only focusing on traditional risk factors (such as dyslipidaemia, obesity, hypertension, and smoking) to foster present wellbeing in children/adolescents and prevent chronic non-communicable diseases.