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The Effect of a Lifestyle Intervention Program on Physical Activity Level and Step Counts in Older Latina Women

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

Introduction: Older Latinas are particularly vulnerable for unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and the resultant chronic diseases. Physical activity (PA), along with other different behaviors, is an important component of health. The Federal Government of the United States recommends that every adult should accumulate at least 150 minutes per week of moderate to ...


Energy Intake and Energy Expenditure Assessment of Male Adolescent Academy-Level Football Players

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

The purpose of this study was to provide further insight into the limited amount of data that exists on both the dietary practices and energy expenditure of adolescent academy-level football players. Ten male adolescent football players, representing a professional club at academy level (mean ± SD: 15.4 ± 0.3 years; height 1.7 ± 0.1m; weight 57.8 ± 7.8kg ...


Assessing Health-Related Physical Activity: Does Questionnaire Data Fit Accelerometer Data with Regard to Different Age Groups?

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

Introduction: Assessing the level of physical activity (PA) is highly relevant when talking about health related behavior. Although self-report questionnaires (PAQ) are the most commonly used method for measurement population PA, this type of assessment has limitations. PAQs have to primarily consider the change in PA behavior over lifespan and ...



Patterns of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in South Asian Women

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

Introduction: South Asian (SA) women in the United Kingdom (UK) are at high risk for the development of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular health disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes, and the few published studies with these groups indicate low levels of self-reported physical activity (PA). Increasing PA and reducing sedentary ...


Perception of Recreation Facilities, Urban Green Spaces and Food Retailer: Relationship with Physical Activity and Junk Food Intake

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

Introduction: Nowadays, many researchers have been focused on complex relationship between urban environment attributes and healthy behaviors as physical activity (PA) and dietary intake. However, there are major gaps in our understanding of the way shifts in the physical and social environments affect changes in dietary intake, physical activity patterns ...


ESC Project: The Influence of Strangers in Physical Activity Promotion. A Randomized Pilot Trial

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

Introduction: Notwithstanding the wide spread knowledge about the multiple health benefits associated with regular physical activity (PA), physical inactivity is worrisome and was recently nominated the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality (1). Therefore, programs that promote behavior changes towards PA seem warranted. A rising number of studies have been ...


Goal Orientation, Intrinsic Motivation and Exerted Effort

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

Introduction: Researchers have found that task orientation is positively related to intentions towards physical activity and exerted effort, (Duda & Hall, 2001). However. Mehus (2013) found that ego orientation had a positive impact on effort in a highly competitive environment, wheras task orientation had no impact. This is a follow up study ...



Project PANK: Rationale, Design and Baseline Results of a Multidisciplinary School-Based Intervention in Children with Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk Factors. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

  • Presented on July 3, 2014

Introduction: Atherosclerosis begins in youth and is related to the presence of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors (CMRF): age, gender, nutrition, physical inactivity, cardiorespiratory fitness (CF), blood pressure (BP), lipids and overweight/obesity. There is strong evidence showing that schools should include nutrition and physical activity (PA) in the curriculum. ...