Introduction: Nowadays, many researchers have been focused on complex relationship between urban environment attributes and healthy behaviors as physical activity (PA) and dietary intake. However, there are major gaps in our understanding of the way shifts in the physical and social environments affect changes in dietary intake, physical activity patterns ...
Introduction: Notwithstanding the wide spread knowledge about the multiple health benefits associated with regular physical activity (PA),
physical inactivity is worrisome and was recently nominated the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality (1). Therefore, programs that
promote behavior changes towards PA seem warranted. A rising number of studies have been ...
Introduction: Researchers have found that task orientation is positively related to intentions towards physical activity and exerted effort, (Duda & Hall, 2001). However. Mehus (2013) found that ego orientation had a positive impact on effort in a highly competitive environment, wheras task orientation had no impact. This is a follow up study ...
Aim: Abdominal obesity, a status of excessive accumulation of both central subcutaneous and visceral fat, has emerged as an main predictor for metabolic complications and adverse health effects. Waist-height ratio (WHR) is simple, yet effective, surrogate measures of abdominal obesity and may be good predictor of cardiovascular disease risk in ...
Introduction: Atherosclerosis begins in youth and is related to the presence of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors (CMRF): age,
gender, nutrition, physical inactivity, cardiorespiratory fitness (CF), blood pressure (BP), lipids and overweight/obesity. There is strong evidence showing that schools should include nutrition and physical activity (PA) in the curriculum. ...
Introduction: Despite known benefits of regular physical activity for health and well-being, many studies suggest that levels of physical
activity in young people are low, with the majority of youth not meeting the minimum 60-minute daily moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA)
guideline for health. The purpose of this study was ...
Introduction: Little objective data have examined the effectiveness of physical education (PE) in schools to augment students’ physical
activity (PA) level. We believe that PE is one of the most important methods to increase PA among school aged children. Most studies have shown that students spend less than 50% of PE ...
Introductions: Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk of obesity, type II diabetes, hypertension, stroke, psychological problems,
and some cancers (1). Currently there are no recommendations in Ireland for sedentary behaviour (SB), however, Australian guidelines recommend <2hours a day in sedentary screen time (ST) behaviour (2).
Purpose: The purpose of ...
Purpose: Emerging literature suggests that the environment can impact physical activity levels. To date, however, very little is known about the role of the environment with individuals living with heart disease. The purpose of this study was to objectively measure the physical activity (PA) of individuals with coronary heart disease (...
Purpose: The study of children’s free-living cadence (steps/min) is possible using accelerometers capable of recording minute-by-minute step data monitored over several days. The objective of this study was to determine free-living accelerometer- determined time at or above GAITRite-assessed individualized normal cadence in children categorized by BMI as normal ...