Purpose: Most of the evidence in physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) has been obtained from developed countries; however in order to promote and improve global and local interventions, evidence from developing countries is needed. The purpose of this study was to describe the PA levels and SB in ...
Background: The General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) is a screening tool developed by the National Health Service for use by general practitioners to assess physical activity (PA) levels of patients during clinical visits. Presently, it is not well understood if the GPPAQ classifications (active, moderately active, moderately inactive ...
Background: There are health and well-being benefits associated with participation in regular physical activity (PA) in the postpartum period. However, many postpartum women are insufficiently active in the year following childbirth. A recent systematic review conducted by this group (under review) found that most previous studies of postpartum ...
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: 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. ...
Background: The steep decline in physical activity (PA) among the oldest old is not well understood; there is little information about the patterns of change in PA and sedentary behaviour (SB) in older people. Longitudinal data on objectively measured PA data can give insights about how PA and sedentary behaviour (...
Background: The steep decline in physical activity (PA) among the oldest old is not well understood. Longitudinal objective PA data can give insights about how amount and bouts of PA and sedentary behaviour (SB) change with age. Methods: Men aged 70-90 years, from a UK population-based cohort wore GT3x ...
Abstract: The objective of this study was to estimate physical activity levels of schoolchildren during physical education classes. Thirty classes between second and fifth grades were selected from Florianópolis’ public schools, of which 13 (n=260, 50.4% boys) had attended to physical education classes. Actigraph® GT3X+ physical monitors were used to ...
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the one-year stability of objectively-measured physical activity (PA) among individuals aged 18 to 35 years. We recruited 16 volunteers (8 men) and measured their activity levels every month from October 2012 to September 2013. GT3x+ Actigraph accelerometers were used; the epoch was set at 5 seconds. ...
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess time trends in objectively assessed physical activity in a population based sample of children and adolescents living in Norway. Methods: The sample population (n=4766) consists of two independent samples of 9- and 15-year-old children recruited within the PANCS project in 2005-06 ...