Background: Physical activity (PA) and motor ability (MA) are linked and essential components for everyday life. If PA decreases there will be fewer occasions that the child can practice MA skills. This may decrease PA levels furthermore. Thus, lower levels of PA are likely to increase BMI and fatness levels ...
Background: Post-menopausal women exhibit lower bone mineral density (BMD) and current health guidelines highlight the potential importance of reducing sedentary behavior (SB) to mitigate bone loss in this segment of the female population. Purpose: To determine if bone health status at the femoral neck (FN) and lumbar spine (LS) can ...
Background: The inter-individual variability in the effectiveness of structured exercise to achieve expected levels of weight loss or maintenance appears to be due in part to individual differences in behavioral responses that increase energy intake; however, the influence of acute exercise on dietary intake following exercise remains incompletely characterized. ...
Purpose: Currently, there are no methods to distill information from the most widely used wrist-mounted accelerometer. A field-based calibration study was conducted in order to determine cut point thresholds for this wrist-mounted accelerometer in children aged 8-12 years. Methods: Forty-five children (25 developmental; 20 cross validation) aged 8-12 years, performed up to ...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate physical activity (PA) cut-points for wrist (WR) and ankle (AK) accelerometer placements in youth. Methods: : For cut-point development 84 girls and 97 boys (mean ± SD; age, 12.0 ± 1.5 yrs) completed 30 min of lying rest and two to seven structured activities (from a list ...
Purpose An active lifestyle is crucial for co-morbidity prevention in pediatric cardiac transplant patients(CTxP). The purpose of this study was to evaluate daily physical activity in CTxP and to identify relationships between anthropometric measurements, cardiac function and physical activity habits. Methods Anthropometric measures and resting 2D echocardiograms were obtained. ...
Physical activity is becoming increasingly recognized as valuable to cancer patients during treatment and rehabilitation. Therefore strategies and measures to encourage patients to become more active and to achieve physical activity recommendations are of great importance. Purpose The study evaluated an accelerometer based biofeedback device by measuring the change of ...
An examination of the effects of a training program that maximizes caloric expenditure may help gain a better understanding of potential strategies that may be used in future exercise training programs targeting weight loss. Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore whether endurance training alters energy balance via ...
A physically active lifestyle and quality sleep are associated with lower risk for obesity and cardiovascular disease. Cross-sectional studies demonstrate that greater physical activity (PA) is associated with better quality sleep. However, few studies have examined this relationship using objective measures. Additionally, few studies have examined the directionality of the ...
Sedentary occupational behavior may contribute to positive energy balance and weight gain. Strategies to reduce excessive sedentary behavior and increase workplace ambulatory activity are needed. Purpose To investigate the initial effects of treadmill workstation adoption on work-related ambulatory activity and sedentary time in overweight/obese office workers. Methods Volunteers (n=17; ...