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Showing 1 to 20 of 165 for “"physical activities"”.
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Participation in physical activities and sedentary behaviour among children with physical disabilities
Participating in physical activity promotes physical and mental health. Children with physical disabilities are not as physically active as other children. They tend to participate in lower intensity physical activity, choose more passive activities with less variety and have more sedentary time. …
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Enhancing Nutrition Education and Physical Activities in Chinese Community: We Can! Chinese Family Campaign
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Early childhood obesity is a serious health problem in the United States. It has adverse and long-lasting consequences for children, parents and entire communities. The magnitude of the problem has increased dramatically over the last three decades. The high prevalence of obesity …
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The relationship between moderate physical activities and sleep quality and quantity among persons with dementia
… evidence from this study suggests that physical activity may be an important method of improving sleep in this population. This study will aid in the promotion of safe and effective ways for managing aspects of dementia that impact quality of life and encourage future research in this …
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Use it and boost it: cognitive and physical activities modulate cognition via BDNF-TrkB signaling
… shown that cognition is enhanced by mental and physical activities. The current research examines the molecular mechanisms underlying cognitive and physical activity-induced enhancements in cognition. We found that cognitive and physical activity increased BDNF protein, BDNF-TrkB signaling, and …
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A Study of the Effects of Certain Physical Activities on the Progress of Reading Comprehension, Word Knowledge, and Rate
… this paper (1) to study the affects of certain physical activities (creeping, crawling, balancing and rhythm) related to the improvement of comprehension, vocabulary, and rate of reading; (2) to compare the amount of progress in reading of the boys to the progress of the girls; and (3) to …
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Using pedometers to explore the physical activities that children want to do, and teachers want to implement: a mixed method case study
PhD Title: Using pedometers to explore the physical activities in primary school that children want to do, and schools want to implement: a mixed method case study. Background: It is globally acknowledged that physical activity has numerous benefits for children’s overall health and well-being …
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Development and preliminary validation of measures to assess mother's self-regulatory efficacy and outcome expectations to transport preschool aged children to structured physical activities
Structured physical activity (SPA) is one type of physical activity in which preschool aged children participate (e.g., soccer programs). Given that SPA often occurs at community-based locations, such as at a field or hockey rink, primary caregivers, who are often times mothers, must transport …
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Factors contributing to physical activity participation amongst health sciences students at the University of Venda
Physical activity has the potential to enhance the quality of student life. People who engage in physical activities tend to show improvement cognitively, socially, psychologically, physically and in overall health. The purpose of this study was to determine factors that contribute to physical …
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Relationship between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in the Elderly
Physical activity is considered an effective non-pharmaceutical preventive measure against cognitive impairment. This study was designed to investigate the correlation between physical activity and cognitive function. Subjects were recruited from the Suwon Project, a cohort comprising a nonrandom …
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Food Intake and Physical Activity Assessment of Native American Children with Acanthosis Nigricans and their Friends
… study is to gain insight into food intake and physical activities of Native American children with acanthosis nigrican. This study focused on Native American children attending school at Winnebago on the Winnebago Reservation in Northeastern Nebraska.<br /> Leininger's theory of Cultural Care …
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Constructing the Active-Body: A Sociological Investigation
… involved in participating in sports and physical activities. The research is centred on exploring the participation experiences of weightlifters, runners and golfers. The data for this study were derived through employing a variety of qualitative based research methodologies, including …
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URINARY INCONTINENCE AND WOMEN’S QUALITY OF LIFE IN OMAN
… the impact of UI on women's daily prayers, physical activities, social life, mental health, and general QoL. The study is of quantitative comparative design, and the researcher used the World Health Organization’s (WHOs) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health …
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The determinants of obesity among students of the University of Venda, Limpopo Province, of South Africa
… be seen as unhealthy. Participants engaged in physical activities, however, they are inconsistent in engaging in physical activities. Moreover, there was statistica! significant difference in BMI between male and female gender with female (66%) being more obese than male (34%). Overweight and …
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Deep Learning-Enabled Multitask System for Exercise Recognition and Counting
… as more people are pursuing a healthy lifestyle. Physical activities provide unimaginable benefits to human well-being from the inside out. 2D human pose estimation, action recognition and repetitive counting fields developed rapidly in the past several years. However, few works combined them …
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Perceived Benefits and Barriers in Patients Diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Between 18 and 44 Years of Age: A Pilot Study
… approach to identify perceived benefits of physical activity and perceived barriers to physical activity in female patients diagnosed with SLE between 18 and 44 years of age to answer the following research question: “What are the perceived benefits of physical activity and the perceived …
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The Relationship of Physical Activity to Physical and Psychological Well-Being
… classes are stratified into specific types of activities, yet the amount of time they spend participating is similar to that of men, whites and individuals in upper social classes. The elderly and the employed are the only groups that spend significantly less time participating in physical …
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Contributors to Lifelong Moderate Physical Activity in the Lives of Women
… of the benefits and the barriers of physical activity but we have not examined the life stories of lifelong physical movers, especially females. Procedures. Two in-depth life history interviews of eight women were conducted to identify and understand the contributors to sustained …
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