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Parent-adolescent correlation of physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and sleep

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between parent and adolescent levels of physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and sleep among a group of overweight and obese adolescents. Methods: Baseline data of parent-adolescent pairs who enrolled in an E-health lifestyle modification intervention were analyzed for this paper (...


Mother-child dyads’ patterns of daily physical activity and sedentariness

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: Motherhood represents a critical window of change in the life-course including physical activity levels. No studies have objectively examined the daily cadence (patterns) of physical activity (PA) among dyads of preschool aged children and mothers. In this study we examined mother-child dyads’ PA levels across week and weekend day ...



Social ecological predictors of achieving physical activity guidelines in a sample of cardiac rehabilitation patients

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: Research on physical activity (PA) in people with heart disease tends to emphasize intrapersonal correlates while largely ignoring the potential importance of higher-level correlates within the social ecological model. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the relative importance of several social ecological correlates in predicting whether ...


The effect of depression/anxiety on physical activity in breast cancer patients

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: The potential health benefits of physical activity (PA) for women with breast cancer may be reduced by related symptoms of depression and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between total Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) scores on depression and anxiety and PA measured ...


Seasonal changes in primary school children’s PA

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: Seasonal variations may influence children’s physical activity patterns. Research is needed to examine how much physical activity youth engage in across the day and how this varies between seasons to inform the development of physical activity programs. The aim of this study was to investigate seasonal changes in ...


Physical activity levels across the early primary years

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: To examine physical activity levels in kindergarten and grade 2 in cross-sectional cohorts and a longitudinal sample. Methods: Ninety-six kindergarten children (Mage=5y 7m, 58% boys) from 8 British Columbia schools participated in 2010-11, and 101 grade 2 children (Mage=7y 9m, 52%, boys) participated in 2012-2013. A sub-cohort of 21 children were tracked from kindergarten ...


Are environmental perceptions and walkability related to health behaviors in children?

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: To analyze associations between environmental perceptions and health behaviors between children from low (LWA) and high walkability areas (HWA). Methods: This cross-sectional study includes 102 children (11.6+/-0.7y) from Porto (Portugal) living in areas with high and low GIS-based walkability. Moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time was ...


Stress and physical activity in children with asthma: An ecological momentary assessment study

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: Children with asthma are at greater risk of physical inactivity, obesity, and other chronic health conditions. Understanding how to promote physical activity among children with asthma has been limited by retrospective self-report methods. Methods: Low-income, Hispanic children (N = 20) (7th-12th grade) (54% male) with chronic asthma completed seven days of ...


Volume and pattern and seasonal variation of school-day sedentary time: A cross-sectional study in Swedish 2nd and 5th graders

  • Presented on May 21, 2014

Purpose: Some evidence suggests an association between sedentary behavior and increased cardio-metabolic disease risk. The purposes of this study are to describe volume and pattern of school-day sedentary time, and compare school-day sedentary time across seasons in terms of volume and pattern in Swedish 2nd and 5th graders. Methods: Volume ...