Purpose It is a commonly held perception that most young children are naturally active and meet physical activity recommendations. However, there is no scientific evidence available on which to confirm or refute such perceptions. The purpose of this study was to describe the physical activity levels and patterns of Australian ...
Abstract Accurate and reliable methods for assessing human physical activity (PA) energy expenditure (PAEE) are informative and essential for understanding individual behaviors and quantifying the effect of PA on disease, for PA surveillance, and for examining determinants of PA in different populations. This article reviews recent advances in the estimation ...
The quantification of free-living physical activities is important in understanding how physical activity and sedentary behaviour impact on health and also on how interventions might modify free-living behaviour to enhance health. Quantification, and the terminology used, has in many ways been determined by the choice of measurement technique. The inter-related ...
Introduction Physical activity is seen as an integral component of a healthy lifestyle and has the potential to produce significant health benefits amongst individuals (Pedersen & Saltin 2006). It therefore plays a major role in the field of public health and primary prevention. Compared to the general population, unemployed persons show ...
Introduction It is strongly recommended to use objective measurements for the assessment of physical activity among children and adolescents. However, as some activities such as bicycling/inline skating/scooter are incorrectly recorded by accelerometer, assisting methods are needed to obtain correct data. The aim of the study was to examine ...
Introduction Regular physical activity (PA) in older adults is critically important to ensure healthy aging. The link between PA and prevention of disease, maintenance of independence, and improved quality of life is supported by strong evidence. However, there is a lack of data on population levels of PA among older ...
Introduction Relapse in the first 3-5 years following weight loss is a common problem in obesity management (Ross, 2009). The extent to which physiological (Jackman et al., 2008) vs behavioural adaptations contribute to weight loss relapse is not clearly understood. Moreover, there is some indication that an ‘energy gap’ or leading to ...
Introduction Accelerometers have been seen as gold-standard objective tool for monitoring childrens’ habitual physical activity. To become biologically meaningful, the activity levels have generally been estimated on the basis of cut-off points. However, there is a lack of general agreement on how to choose the cut-off points (Bornstein et al., 2011). ...
Introduction Stress is the result of several factors, such as work demands, fatigue, sleep, diet and others. Psychological stress depends not only on the magnitude and density of the stress factors, but also from subject’s perception of his/her own capacities to deal with each situations. Psychological stress has ...
Introduction Participation in physical activity on a regular basis is important for maintaining health, yet many people do not meet the levels recommended by scientific and health organizations. Physical activity behavior during the late adolescence/early college period in life is of particular importance as behaviors adopted during this time ...