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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"physical activity recommendations"”.
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Lumbopelvic Control in Dynamic Tasks – The Relationship Between the Active Hip Abduction Test and Frontal Plane Kinematics
… frontal plane during a dynamic stair circuit in physically active adults. Thirty-four participants (23 males, 11 females) completed the AHAbd and a 15-minute fatiguing stair circuit. While no significant effects of age, sex, or AHAbd score were observed on LPC during stair ascent, significant …
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Exploring the Food and Physical Activity Environments and Their Influence on Healthy Behaviors
… is at the intersection of the food and physical activity environments and their characteristics that contribute to meeting fruit and vegetable intake and minutes of physical activity recommendations. The food environment is one aspect of built environment research that examines food …
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Nėščiųjų gyvensenos ypatumai ir juos lemiantys veiksniai /
… and that even if they try to adhere to the recommendations for a healthier lifestyle, they encounter a number of barriers. Objective. To assess the lifestyle characteristics of pregnant women and their determinants. Tasks. To assess, in the context of social, demographic and health-related …
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The Effects of the Physical Environment on Physical Activity of Older Adults
… among older Americans in the past few decades, physical activity has been a major focus in the fight to overcome the obesity epidemic. The evidence to date suggests that the built environment, specifically walkable neighborhoods and features, is associated with physical activity among all ages. …
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Utilizing Self-Determination Theory to Assist in Understanding College Students' Motivation for Physical Activity
… in industrialized countries are sufficiently physically active to prevent health issues (Sapkota, Bowles, Ham, & Kohl, 2005). The current study utilized the Self-Determination theory (SDT) by Deci and Ryan (1985, 2002) to help understand motivation, but more specifically exercise motivations. …
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Self-efficacy, self-regulation, and physical activity behavior in type 2 diabetes
… function. Despite evidence of the benefits of physical activity to control disease, alleviate symptoms, and improve quality of life, most individuals with T2D do not meet physical activity recommendations. Physical activity is a complex behavior requiring substantial motivational and cognitive …
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The Impact Of Dietary And Exercise Habits On College Students' Life Satisfaction
… practices. Few college students achieve recommendations for adequate nutrition and instead typically consume diets high in fat, sodium, and sugar and low in fruits and vegetables. In addition, few college students meet current physical activity recommendations, and 40-50% do not exercise …
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Immune responses to next generation computer gaming
… sufficient enough in intensity to contribute to physical activity recommendations to elicit health benefits.
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Developing and Testing Smartphone Game Applications for Physical Activity Promotion in Adolescents
Though the benefits of physical activity are numerous and well-known, very few adolescents are meeting physical activity recommendations. Moreover, past research shows that physical activity declines with increasing age with this decline beginning in adolescence. One approach to promote physical …
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Examining the Relationship of Physical Activity with Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
… 37.1 percent of all deaths in the United States. Physical activity is inversely related to both CV event risk and to many of the individual CVD risk factors. The inverse relationship between physical activity and CVD risk is well established. However, much dispute remains about the optimal …
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Examining the Relationship of Physical Activity with Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
… 37.1 percent of all deaths in the United States. Physical activity is inversely related to both CV event risk and to many of the individual CVD risk factors. The inverse relationship between physical activity and CVD risk is well established. However, much dispute remains about the optimal …
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Multilevel Analysis of Physical Activity Among US Adults Across US Census Regions: The Role of Environmental Contexts
… representative data to explain the variation in physical activity among U.S. adults across four geographic regions of Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether environmental conditions inclusive of natural amenity, built environment, urbanization, …
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Neighborhood environment and physical activity
Introduction Insufficient 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 …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Diabetes and Physical Activity Behaviours: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007-2017)
… per week of moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and reduce the amount of time spent sedentary. To our knowledge, there are no nationally-representative studies in Canada that have used objectively-measured physical activity data to assess the associations between physical …
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Spirituality, Religiosity, and Weight Management in Black Women
… among spirituality, self-efficacy for physical activity and healthy eating, and body composition measures among Black women over the period of participation in an existing weight management program.</p> <p><em><strong>Method</strong></em></p> <p>Participants were a convenience sample of …
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Physical Activity, Heart Rate Variability, Sleep Parameters, and Glycemic Variability in T1D
… risk and long-term complications. Although physical activity and sleep are key behavioral factors influencing glycemic control, prior research has largely examined these behaviors in isolation and has rarely accounted for underlying physiological regulation or the constrained nature of time …
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Recognizing cardiovascular disease patterns with machine learning using NHANES accelerometer determined physical activity data
The relationship between physical activity (PA) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well established; however, questions about the appropriate dose of PA to reduce CVD risk still remain (Blair, LaMonte, & Nichaman, 2004; Pate et al., 1995). The optimal dose and the effects of intensity, duration, …
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An exploration of interventions for supported self-management and behaviour change delivered as routine clinical care for people living with long-term health conditions.
… weight loss, smoking cessation and increasing physical activity. Current NHS policy emphasises that people should be supported to self-manage and yet there is sparse information available about how to achieve this in everyday clinical practice. My thesis by public output provides original …
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Physical Activity Promotion for Older Adults in Extension through Domestic and International Efforts
… system has been an underutilized resource for physical activity programming. With the recent addition of physical activity as a focus of Extension work, efforts are needed improve dissemination and implementation of evidence-based physical activity interventions. Improving implementation …
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Physiological and metabolic characterization of older adults. Especial focus on cardiorespiratory fitness and its role on cognitive function
… among others, causing deterioration of the physical integrity, and increases in the incidence of health-related problems and non-communicable diseases. Dementia is one of the most common and relevant non-communicable diseases, and in fact, it is one of the main causes of dependency and …
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