Background: It has been reported that mother-daughter relationship can influence psychosocial variables such as physical activity (PA) self-efficacy in Caucasian girls. Currently, there is very little data on the impact of African-American girls’ perception of their relationship with their mother and psychosocial variables.
Purpose: To examine the association ...
Background: The development of childhood obesity has been linked to chronic energy surplus due to poor dietary habits and inadequate physical activity (PA). Researchers have suggested that a sustained increase in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) can help reduce the prevalence of obesity by correcting for the energy surplus. Changes in US ...
Background: Sedentary behavior has been shown to be inversely associated with markers of insulin sensitivity and cardiometabolic health in middle-aged and older adults, independent of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, yet it is unknown whether CRF infl...
Background: Accelerometers and global positioning system (GPS) units to monitor participants’ activity allow for a dynamic spatial examination of the locations where physical activity occurs. The application of spatial clustering analysis to these geographically linked physical activity data may provide a better understanding of how moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) concentrates ...
Background: Despite a growing body of research indicating that dog walking contributes to meeting physical activity (PA) recommendations, a key limitation of this literature is the use of self-report measures of dog walking and overall PA.
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to use accelerometry to characterize the ...
Purpose: This study described the association of accelerometer-determined physical activity and sedentary behavior with all-cause mortality using a nationally representative sample from the United States.
Methods: Using 2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, 4000 adults at least 18 years wore an ActiGraph accelerometer for one week, providing at least 3 ...
Background: Physical activity and fitness are essential to improve or maintain health particularly among elders, but rarely evaluated in community-based programs.
Purpose: We tested the following hypotheses: 1) steps/day and time engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) will be below recommended levels, and 2) steps/day and MVPA will ...
Background: Comparison between self-reported and objective assessment of physical activity (PA) and sedentary time among Hispanic elders in Puerto Rico has not been evaluated.
Purpose: We tested the following hypotheses: 1) moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) behavior will be higher and sedentary time lower with self-report compared with objective assessment, 2) sedentary ...
Background: Participation in moderate physical activity (PA) as a means of eliciting health-related benefits is consistently recommended through the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines and the ACSM-AHA Physical Activity Recommendations. Many try to meet this requirement by participating in PA that fit both their functional abilities and personality. However, quantifying the intensity ...
Background: Physical inactivity and sedentary time (ST) have been established as independent risk factors for chronic diseases, many of which are more common in males. Promoting physical activity (PA) and reducing ST in males can be challenging, and interventions targeting males are limited.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was ...