... identification of these factors can help to prevent physical inactivity and improve the health status of older people in Spain List of abbreviations PA: Physical activity; LTPA: Leisure time physical activity; ... proportional random selection of primary and secondary sampling units (towns and sections, respectively), with the final units (individuals) being selected by means of random routes and sex- and age-based ... Age and Temporal Trends of Total PhysicalActivity among Swedish Women Med Sci Sports Exerc 2006, 240-5 27 Stamatakis E, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ: Temporal trends in physicalactivity in England:...
... Canada Andrew P Goldberg, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland John O Holloszy, M.D., Professor of Internal ... Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services), Washington, D.C viii PhysicalActivityand Health ... activityand health Chapter offers a historical perspective: after outlining the history of belief and knowledge about physicalactivityand health, the chapter reviews the evolution and content of physical...
... 1990 and 2000, 45 per cent of men and 32.2 per cent of women had a BMI of 25 or more, and 13.4 per cent of men and 15.8 per cent of women had a BMI of 30 or more See figure 1.4 for projections of ... Chapter shows that patterns of production and consumption of food and drink, ofphysical activity, andof body composition have changed greatly throughout different periods of human history Remarkable ... thought of as attractive and affluent.24 Overall, in 1998, 21.1 per cent of men and 25.9 per cent of women had a BMI of at least 25; 10.1 per cent of men and 27.9 per cent of women had a BMI of at...
... Chair in Neuroscience Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology and Senior Investigator of the Kennedy Center Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee Chapter 16 Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology ... structures andactivityof the estrogens and androgens Work on the steroid hormones led to the use of several assays for the determination of the biological activityof organ extracts and synthetic ... (Beauchamp and Childress, 1994) These principles formed the basis of rules and regulations regarding the conduct of human research The demands of ethics andscience made it clear that the highest standards...
... important component of the physicalactivityand QOL relationship Physical Activity, Quality of Life, and Demographics As noted earlier, relationships among physicalactivityand quality of life have ... PASE Figureof relationships between physical activity, self-efficacy, physical self-worth, disability limitations, and quality of life Model Model of relationships between physical activity, self-efficacy, ... determinant of QOL We used the 6-item physical self-worth scale of Fox and Corbin's Physical Self-Perception Profile [33] A sample item from this scale is "I am extremely proud of who I am and what...
... location and socioeconomic issues cannot be considered, de per si, indicators of quality of life, and that physicalactivity Page of plays an important role in improving quality of life, regardless of ... ranking and economic status of the city of residence Author details Department ofSports Science, Exercise and Health of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro University, Vila Real, Portugal 2University of ... article as: Aidar et al.: The influence of the level ofphysicalactivityand human development in the quality of life in survivors of stroke Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:89 Submit your...
... ofphysicalactivity in leisure time among physically inactive Danish adults Scand J Public Health 2009;37:785-792 [26] Elavsky S Physical activity, menopause, and quality of life: The role of ... change ofphysicalactivity as assessed with metabolic equivalents, change of weight and hormone therapy (HRT) use Results Peri- and postmenopausal women increased their physicalactivity (28% and ... Finland e-mail riitta.luoto@uta.fi Abstract Background and objectives The aim of this study was to study the role of menopausal status andphysicalactivity on quality of life Methods A total of...
... inactive physicalactivity level Figure Prevalence ofphysicalactivity level by gender Prevalence ofphysicalactivity level by gender Table 1: Respondent characteristics among three physicalactivity ... aspects of SF-8 and the recommended level ofphysical activity, with the exception of VT Although the results reported in previous literature on the association between physicalactivityand mental ... International standardization ofphysicalactivity level – Reliability and validity study of the Japanese version of the International PhysicalActivity Questionnaire (IPAQ) J Health and Welfare Statistics...
... Taiwan University, andPhysical Therapy Center and Department ofPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, ... For Table Spearman correlations of the amount of daily PA with HRQL and functional ability PHYSICALACTIVITY PASIPD Accelerometer Activity kilocounts r P SF-36 Physical Composite Score 0.33 0.037 ... population The measures of PA and health-related Page of quality of life variables were not normally distributed therefore the median and interquartile range (IQR) were presented and Spearman correlation...
... promote physicalactivity and/ or healthy eating? Significant measures taken = Yes, AND the policy should be attached AND be politically adopted AND be of present interest AND contain clear and measurable ... plans of action aiming to promote physicalactivity and/ or healthy eating? Significant measures taken = Yes, AND the plan of action should be attached AND be politically adopted AND be of present ... any policies aiming to promote physicalactivity and/ or healthy eating among schoolchildren?' and 'are there any plans of action aiming to promote physicalactivity and/ or healthy eating among schoolchildren?'...
... position stand Exercise andphysicalactivity for older adults Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009, 41:1510-1530 38 US Department of Health and Human Services Physicalactivityand health: a report of the ... heterogeneous regarding physicalactivityand HRQoL in older adults, partly because of the different study designs used and different ways of measuring physicalactivityand HRQoL In a randomized clinical ... Moreover, most of the LTPA in our cohort consisted of walking, which is the safest activity in older adults,[51] and there is evidence of the shortterm efficacy of brief counseling and the use of pedometers...
... Health-enhancing physicalactivityand sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents J Sports Sci 2004, 22:679-701 Department of Health: At least five a week: Evidence of the impact ofphysicalactivityand ... recognised [1,2] However, a significant number of young people fail to meet current physicalactivity guidelines of 60 minutes ofphysicalactivity on most days of the week [2] As a consequence there ... MVPA cut-off for no more than 10% of the time) For both pedometers and accelerometers the first day of recording was dropped to account for likely reactivity and a minimum of weekdays and weekend...
... personality andphysical characteristics were positively associated with physical activity; i.e extravert and conscientious people were more physically active[18], and sufficient levels of muscular ... expertise and critical revision of the manuscript, and participated in the conception, design and data acquisition of AGAHLS LK participated in the fund raising, conception and design of the study, and ... correlates ofphysical activity: a review and meta-analysis Br J Sports Med 2006, 40:958-965 19 Dennison BA, Straus JH, Mellits ED, Charney E: Childhood physical fitness tests: predictor of adult physical...
... understanding ofphysicalprinciples to the study of the functions and structures of living organisms and the mechanics of life processes Scientists who study biophysics investigate the principles ... genetic characteristics is of primary importance to all biotechnology investigations and applications BASIC BIOLOGY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY The basicprinciplesof the biological sciences form the foundation ... the study of life Biology is concerned with the characteristics and behaviors of organisms It deals with the mechanisms of existence of individual organisms and populations of organisms and their...
... vigorous physicalactivity (≥20 minutes per day of vigorous physicalactivity on ≥3 days per week) or the newer moderate activity recommendation (accumulation of >30 minutes per day of moderate activity ... American women We have failed—in physical education and sport, and in medicine—to clarify the importance of habitual physical activity, physical fitness, and maintenance of “normal” body weight to ... effect ofphysical activity: The epidemiological evidence Medicine andScience in Sportsand Exercise, 24, 1195–1209 Stevenson, E.T., Davy, K.P., & Seals, D.R (1995) Hemostatic, metabolic, and androgenic...
... physicalactivity (means and standard deviations) The mental health andphysicalactivity data from the BOAS questionnaire and IPAQ were analyzed using the SPSS 11.0 software After descriptive and ... total physicalactivityand leisure physicalactivity versus dementia and depression (p
... the promotion ofphysicalactivity in Scotland I We will publish the report of the group reviewing implementation of the National PhysicalActivity Strategy The National PhysicalActivity Workforce ... increase physicalactivityand tackle obesity (2008-2011) The broad objectives of the current physicalactivityand diet strategies are to: I I I I I I I I Create, improve and maintain the supply of ... levels ofphysicalactivityand that adults should accumulate at least thirty minutes of moderate intensity activity on most days of the week and that children should accumulate at least one hour of...
... theses and dissertations Our experiences as educators and researchers give us a unique view of qualitative methods Our lens is broad in regard to physicalactivityand health professions, and includes ... activities, and suggested supplemental readings make this a very versatile textbook As professionals in the fields ofphysicalactivityand the health professions, we function in complex environments and ... anthropology, and education However, most of these texts contain an enormous amount of information, and it is hard for students, practitioners, and novices of qualitative research to sort out and apply...
... between physicalactivityand stiff or painful joints 'often' were unexpected One explanation is that occupational physicalactivity was not included in our assessment ofphysicalactivityand that ... Compendium ofphysical activities: an update ofactivity codes and MET intensities Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000, 32:S498-S504 Sallis JF, Owen N: PhysicalActivityand Behavioral Medicine Thousand Oaks, ... one-half of the older women met the national physicalactivity guidelines (38.9%), and a similar percentage (38.7%) reported very low to low levels ofphysicalactivity One-quarter (24.4%) of the...