Introduction Spain has one of the highest rates of childhood overweight and obesity in Europe (1). The majority of Spanish children do not engage in enough physical activity (PA) to be beneficial for health (2, 3). Recommendations for healthy levels of PA for children have been established (4) but there is a need for ...
Introduction The PEACH project (Personal and Environmental Associations with Children’s Health: www.bris.ac.uk/enhs/peach) is a longitudinal study investigating the environmental and personal determinants of physical activity and eating behaviours in children across the transition from primary to secondary school. A cohort of 1307 final year primary ...
Background Project OPAL (Older People and Active Living) was funded through Phase 1 of the National Prevention Research Initiative. Its primary aim was to describe the physical activity levels and patterns of adults aged 70 and over using accelerometry. Associations with deprivation of area of residence, perceptions of neighbourhood walkability, convenience and ...
Introduction There is inconclusive evidence for a causal link between physical activity (PA) and health outcomes in preschool children. Despite the common perception from practitioners that preschool children are receiving sufficient PA, data suggest they do not meet the PA recommendations (O’Dwyer et al. 2011). It is important to increase ...
Background Limited information is available about changes over time in objectively measured daily physical activity in young children. This study evaluates if accelerometer-measured physical activity tracks or changes over two years. Methods Daily physical activity was assessed by the Actigraph accelerometer for four consecutive days in 167 children (boys n=90, girls ...
Introduction Physical activity is a major public health concern as trends show inadequate levels of physical activity for health and rising levels of obesity. A research priority is understanding key explanatory variables underpinning children’s physical activity participation. Despite this, there are few studies identifying “clusters” of children based on ...
Introduction There is concern that preschool children are not physically active enough to benefit health, yet few interventions have attempted to increase physical activity (PA) in this population. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a 6-week school based Active Play intervention on children’s moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) ...
Introduction It is common for patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) to have frequent complaints of low aerobic capacity, muscle weakness and chronic fatigue. The present body of evidence indicates that patient outcome is compromised if total Kt/V is below 1.7 (Lo, 2003; Yao et al., 2001). An adequacy of weekly peritoneal ...
Introduction Feedback and monitoring physical activity (PA) may have a role decreasing sedentary behavior. The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of a Polar Activity Computer (FA20, Polar Electro Oy, Kempele, Finland) in increasing PA in daily life over 6 month. Method 50 volunteer healthy subjects were randomly assigned ...
Introduction Knowing the degree of physical activity in a population group becomes the first step to address sport promotion policies to encourage a healthy lifestyle that may have impact on better living conditions. Traditionally, we have used questionnaires and log books to ascertain the practice of physical activities and sports. ...