physical activity (PA)
The effect of parents' physical activity and inactivity on their children's physical activity and sitting
... the physical activity of children and their parents is not clearly unequivocal; it is likely conditioned by various psychological vari- ables (the temperament, type and preference of leisure time ...
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Socioeconomic inequalities in occupational, leisure-time, and transport related physical activity among European adults: A systematic review
... Obesity levels in Europe are rising rapidly; the preva- lence of obesity has tripled since the 1980s [10]. This high prevalence of obesity is estimated to account for 1 million deaths and 12 million life years of ill ...
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Adolescents’ physical activity profile according to parental physical activity participation
... Health benefits of regular physical activity (PA) on young people are well documented (MacKelvie et al., 2002; Sallis & Patrick, 1994; Stensel et al., 2008). PA improves bone mineral density, ...
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Physiotherapy and Physical Activity: A cross sectional survey exploring physical activity promotion, knowledge of physical activity guidelines and the physical activity habits of UK physiotherapists
... Physical inactivity is a public health priority and embedding promotion of physical activity (PA) within healthcare systems is an important lever for change. Many factors influence PA promotion in ...
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Wrist acceleration cut points for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in youth
... Traditionally, accelerometer-based PA monitoring devices have provided proprietary units referred to as “counts” from which cut-points have been developed to classify moderate (MPA), vigorous (VPA) and ...
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Descriptive epidemiology of physical activity energy expenditure in UK adults (The Fenland study)
... light physical activity (LPA), moderate physical activity (MPA) and vigorous physical activity ...in physical activity guidelines emphasize the importance of ...
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Physical activity of Czech adolescents: Findings from the HBSC 2010 study
... moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in normal weight and overweight/ obese children before, during, and after school lessons (Sigmund, Sigmundová, Šnoblová, & Gecková, ...one physical ...
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The Impact of Physical Activity Motivators (PAMS) on the Physical Activity and Leisure Scheme (PALS)
... Data was collected through various qualitative techniques to gather information about the PAM scheme. Throughout this project the researcher looked at what stage of the TTM, the volunteers and participants are at. The ...
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Maturational differences in physical self-perceptions and the relationship with physical activity in early adolescent girls
... The reduction in physical activity seen in adolescent girls is coincident with the onset of puberty. Bradley (3) reported that pubertal status was a significant predictor of PA in girls aged 11 to 15, with ...
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Quality of Life and Physical Activity among University Students
... the physical activity (PA) and quality of life (QoL) of sports department students (SDS) and other department students (ODS) attending ...the physical activity levels, International ...
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A systematic literature review of reviews on techniques for physical activity measurement in adults: a DEDIPAC study
... The links between increased participation in Physical Activity (PA) and improvements in health are well established. As this body of evidence has grown, so too has the search for measures of PA with high ...
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a loyalty scheme for physical activity behaviour change maintenance: results from a cluster randomised controlled trial
... Participants completed a Contingent Valuation (CV) survey [16] at baseline which provided their stated pref- erences to assess the minimum level of financial incen- tive necessary for them to increase moderate-vigorous ...
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The Relationship Among Psychosocial and Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity, Physical Activity Levels, and Body Mass Index in Adolescent African American Females
... socialized into sports/PA. This socialization reflects the linear physique, longer period of childhood extremity growth, and delayed or nonexistent social pressures of late maturers (LMs) compared to early maturers ...
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Physical activity in youth
... the physical activity ...or physical activities without instruc- tors; lack of access to sports or physical activities with instructors; and lack of access to individual activities ...
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Physical activity and cancer
... proposed, physical activity remains one of the most important lifestyle factors in cancer prevention since studies which have controlled for lifestyle factors such as diet, smoking, and alcohol use have ...
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Unraveling the hidden agenda between female students and extra-curricular physical activity in Higher Education
... R9 – “I don’t know, more women do get involved in physical activity now. I think my family would encourage me to get involved in something that doesn’t risk my culture or religion” R4 – ”My family encourage ...
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Comparing Domain-specific Physical Activity Efficacy Level between Turkish Adolescent Girls and Boys
... Data obtained were saved in the SPSS (18.0) program. Normal distribution of the data was examined with Kolmogorov Smirnov test and skewness, kurtosis values. The values for skewness and kurtosis between -2 and +2 are ...
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Physiotherapy and physical activity: a cross sectional survey exploring physical activity promotion, knowledge of physical activity guidelines and the physical activity habits of UK physiotherapists
... Physiotherapy and physical activity: a cross-sectional survey exploring physical activity promotion, knowledge of physical activity guidelines and the physical activity habits of UK phys[r] ...
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Evaluation of a teacher led physical activity curriculum to increase preschooler physical activity
... There were several limitations to this study. The study employed a within-group design, and therefore did not have a control group to account for the influence of secular or seasonal trends in activity. The sample ...
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Validity of a practitioner-administered observational tool to measure physical activity, nutrition, and screen time in school-age programs
... Physical activity Child physical activity levels during the afterschool period were measured by Actigraph accelerometer (Models GT1M, GT3X, and GT3X+), considered a reliable and valid ...
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