Background: Sedentary behavior has been identified as a distinct risk factor for chronic diseases. In spite of high obesity and chronic disease rates in Mexico, few studies have reported the prevalence and correlates of MVPA among Mexicans, while population-level sedentary time (ST) and its correlates remain unknown. Objectives: Quantify total, ...
Purpose: Most studies of neighbourhood features examine singular neighbourhood attributes, which may pattern in different ways. This study aimed to identify typologies of neighbourhood attributes and their associations with physical activity among children. Methods: The homes of 808 children aged 5-6 and 10-12 years were mapped in a Geographic Information System. ...
Abstract: Active commuting to school (ACS) is an important source of physical activity for young people and may be helpful in fighting the obesity epidemic. However, children are subject to their parents restrictions and are not totally independent when choosing their active behaviors. The aim of this study is to ...
Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to determine associations of accelerometer-assessed moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical function and well-being in colon cancer survivors. Methods: Colon cancer survivors (N=181) from Alberta, Canada (n=92) and Western Australia (n=89) ...
Background: Cardiovascular fitness (CVF) is a key determinant of health; however it is unclear what patterns of physical activity (PA) contribute to healthy levels of fitness in children. Therefore, we evaluated how patterns of PA and sedentary time are associated with CVF in school-aged children. Methods: Children (n=366, 8-11 yr) ...
Background: Too much or too little physical activity (PA) may increase risk of falls in older adults. To date, no studies have investigated how objectively-measured PA predicts falls in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: 1655/1708 (97%) men aged 71-91 years participating in an established UK population-based cohort study wore a GT3x accelerometer ...
Background: Observational studies and lab-based trials indicated protective effects of regularly interrupting sedentary time on cardio-metabolic health in adults. We examined associations of breaks in sedentary time with cardio-metabolic risk in children. Methods: We included 19,520 children (aged 4-18, 48% boys) from 14 studies participating in ICAD, providing data on cardio-metabolic risk (at ...
Introdução: O prolongado tempo de permanência ao leito está relacionado ao desenvolvimento de disfunções músculo-esqueléticas e respiratórias. Portanto, a caracterização do nível de atividade física e a verificação dos fatores associados em pacientes hospitalizados podem ser fundamentais para estratégias ...
Introduction: The prolonged length of stay on the bed is related to the development of musculoskeletal and respiratory disorders. Therefore, the investigation of the level of physical activity and to verifying which factors are associated with the physical activity level in hospitalized patients might be important for future strategies to ...
Background Wireless technologies offer innovative and adaptive methods to intervene in real-time on health-related behaviors such as physical activity (PA). We have previously shown that a real-time intervention using KNOWME networks, a wireless body-area network with a mobile phone interface, was effective in increasing PA in Hispanic adolescents, a population ...