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Showing 1 to 20 of 132 for “"moderate to vigorous"”.
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Treatment implications of a functional analysis of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in young children
… recommend that children engage in 60 min of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) every day of the week (CDC, 2010), current estimates suggest that most children do not (Troiano et al., 2008). Inadequate physical activity increases the risks related to a number of health problems in …
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Descriptive and experimental analyses of variables maintaining moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in preschool children
<p>The purpose of the current study was to compare the results yielded from descriptive analyses of physical activity to those of functional analyses with the same preschool children. Descriptive analyses were conducted during repeated, 30-min naturally occurring outdoor times on an outdoor …
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Investigative links between cognitive function and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in elementary physical education
… This study investigated the influence of acute moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on four cognitive functions: planning, attention, simultaneous processing, and successive processing. Three classes (59 students) were each tested twice using a balanced design (intervention, balance, and …
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School day intervention opportunities for increasing 7-11 year old children?s moderate to vigorous physical activity
… form of space, equipment and staff for children to learn and develop healthy behaviours, at a time when they are most receptive to behaviour change. The overall aim of the thesis was to identify the different opportunities within the school context whereby children could be physically active and …
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Urban Landscape Design for Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity of Young Seniors: A Study of Shopping-Mall-Plazas in Central Beijing
It is reported that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is associated with more successful ageing, that is, retaining good cognitive and motor functions and avoiding mental health problems. In the everyday life of senior Chinese people, MVPA is characterised by a variety of informal …
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Does better sleep set the stage for a physically active and progressive workday? Considerations across the daily cycle of rest, commuting, and work
… allocation process whereby employees strive to meet their daily work and non-work demands and incorporate valuable experiences and activities into their workday. Previous research has largely focused on segmented aspects of employee daily lives. However, there is limited research on how …
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An investigation into physical activity and classroom behaviours in children with intellectual disabilities.
… Children with intellectual disabilities appear to exhibit less activity levels than their peers without disability. Coronary diseases are also more frequent within this group, as is challenging behaviour in the classroom environment. This study investigated habitual physical activity in 21 …
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Prospective Associations Between Older Adults' Social Connections and Trajectories of Change in Physical Activity and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… of rapid change. The purpose of this thesis was to prospectively examine associations between baseline values of social connections and trajectories of change in physical activity and psychological well-being among adults 55 years of age and older. Data was collected over a 6-month period during …
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Pedometers Accelerometers and Observational Methods: A Comparison of Measurements of Physical Activity in Fourth-Grade Students.
… activity, which is 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day, with 50% of that time being spent in moderate to vigorous levels of activity (CDC, 2010<em>b</em>). As a result, the 21<sup>st</sup> century has shown to be a time of many health problems such as, …
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Validation of the Simple Activity Measure (SAM) in a College Physical Activity Class
… Education Coordinating Board recently voted to eliminate physical activity classes as part of the core curriculum in Texas effective the Fall semester of 2014. Further, many counties in South Texas are classified among the fattest in the nation. Affordable and accurate accountability measures …
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Association of physical fitness, physical activity and sedentary behaviors with positive and negative affect in children and adolescents
… still unknown. The aim of the present study was to examine the influence of physical fitness, physical activity and sedentary time on positive and negative affect in Spanish children and adolescents. The research was carried out as part of the UP & DOWN study. 1490 healthy Spanish youths were …
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Influences of group composition on physical activity in young children
… and Prevention recommend children engage in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 60 minutes every day, however, most children in the United States do not meet this recommendation. Previous research has demonstrated MVPA is functionally related to activity contexts. Moreover, the …
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The effect of outdoor activity context on physical activity in preschool children
<p>The purpose of the current study was to develop and test a methodology for assessing the effect of outdoor activity context on level of physical activity in preschool children. The Observational System for Recording Physical Activity in Children (OSRAC) was used to define the test conditions and …
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Comparing self-report and objective physical activity in fatigue outcomes for persons with MS and high-BMI
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with significant fatigue, reduced quality of life, and lower levels of physical activity. These challenges may be further compounded in people with multiple sclerosis who are also overweight or obese. Although both self-reported and …
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Intention to teach physically active adapted physical education classes to children and youth
… purposes of the present investigation were: (a) to examine whether adapted physical educators' intentions of teaching moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at least 50% of their class time with students with disabilities were determined by attitude toward, subjective norms of, perceived …
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Ability of the KidQuest Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention Program to Increase Physical Activity and Decrease Sedentary Time
… United States, approximately 9 million preschool to high school students are considered obese. Additionally, the prevalence of overweight youth ages 6-19, has more than doubled in the past twenty years (1). Physical activity (PA) is a fundamental component in the prevention and treatment of …
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Neighborhood environment and physical activity
… levels of physical activity are one of the top contributors to global mortality, and it is an important public health priority to increase the proportion of physically active people in the population. The interest in environmental determinants of physical activity has been rapidly increasing …
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Effects of Goal Setting For Children With An Intellectual Disabiliy On Physical Activity and Dietary Habits
… parents serve as one of the primary facilitators of these behaviors. Four families who have a child with an ID participated in a 12 week family-centered goal setting study to increase daily moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to 60 minutes and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake to 5 a …
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Percentiles of Traditional and New Measures of Physical Activity Based On Accelerometry
… Survey study, a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States has been utilized here. Two popular measures of physical activity, time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary time, along with new …
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