scholarly journals Sedentary behavior and physical activity predicting depressive symptoms in adolescents beyond attributes of health-related physical fitness

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene L. Farren ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Xiangli Gu ◽  
Katherine T. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Health Related

Relations Between Sedentary Behavior and FITNESSGRAM Healthy Fitness Zone Achievement and Physical Activity

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1006-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob S. Tucker ◽  
Scott Martin ◽  
Allen W. Jackson ◽  
James R. Morrow ◽  
Christy A. Greenleaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Middle School Children ◽  
Physical Activity Guidelines ◽  
Health Related ◽  
National Physical Activity

Purpose:To investigate the relations between sedentary behaviors and health-related physical fitness and physical activity in middle school boys and girls.Methods:Students (n = 1515) in grades 6–8 completed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey sedentary behavior questions, the FITNESSGRAM physical fitness items, and FITNESSGRAM physical activity self-report questions.Results:When students reported ≤ 2 hours per day of sedentary behaviors, their odds of achieving the FITNESSGRAM Healthy Fitness Zone for aerobic capacity, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition increased. Similarly, the odds of achieving physical activity guidelines for children increased when students reported ≤ 2 hours per day of sedentary behaviors.Conclusions:Results illustrate the importance of keeping sedentary behaviors to ≤ 2 hours per day in middle school children, thus increasing the odds that the student will achieve sufficient health-related fitness benefits and be more likely to achieve the national physical activity guidelines.

A Novel Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Classification and Its Relationship With Physical Fitness in Spanish Older Adults: The PHYSMED Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 815-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Aparicio-Ugarriza ◽  
Raquel Pedrero-Chamizo ◽  
María del Mar Bibiloni ◽  
Gonzalo Palacios ◽  
Antoni Sureda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Working At Home ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Body Strength ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
Lower Body Strength ◽  
Objectively Measured ◽  
No Gold Standard

Background:As there is no gold-standard methodology to classify older people in relation to physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB), this paper aimed to propose a classification combining PA and SB.Methods:Within a broader study, 433 subjects, aged 55 years and older (57% females) from Madrid and Majorca, were evaluated for PA and SB by means of validated questionnaires. Physical fitness was analyzed objectively using the EXERNET test battery. Cluster analyses were used to establish behavioral patterns, combining PA and SB.Results:Males spent more time doing regular PA but less time walking and working at home than females (P < .001). Comparing the groups (inactive and high sedentary, inactive and low sedentary, active and high sedentary, and active and low sedentary), the worst aerobic endurance (P < .001) and lower body strength (P < .05) were obtained in males from both inactive groups. Agility was highest in the active and low sedentary group (P < .05). No significant differences were observed in females.Conclusions:The proposed classification is valid, as it classifies subjects according to their PA and SB, and outcomes are related to objectively measured fitness. It could facilitate the work of public health authorities, researchers, and physicians.

Issues of Health-Related Physical Fitness of the Adult Learner

2021 ◽  
pp. 1515-1536
Author(s):  
Donatus Udochukwu Chukwudo
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Adult Learner ◽  
Physical Activity Participation ◽  
Activity Participation ◽  
Health Related

This chapter discussed the importance of physical fitness concerning adult learners' readiness to participate meaningfully in academia. Despite the importance of health-related physical fitness, not many adults seem to have given the issue (physical fitness) the needed attention. The chapter focused on the issues associated with a reduced level of physical activity participation, and the changing modes of transportation, and how the issues could interfere with learning if not addressed — suggestions on how to improve physical fitness while learning constitutes parts of the discussion.

scholarly journals Advancing health-enhancing physical activity at workplace: Sport4Heath 2020 scientific forum

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (S16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikola Todorovic ◽  
Valdemar Stajer ◽  
Bojana Harrison ◽  
Darinka Korovljev ◽  
Neboja Maksimovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Resistance Exercise ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Work Place ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Exercise Programs ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Health Related

AbstractPhysical activity at workplace can positively impact various wellbeing outcomes yet developing and implementing exercise programs that are straightforward, time-efficient and widely applicable remains a notable public health challenge. Sport4Health Network (SPORT4H) project co-funded by the European Union Erasmus+ programme unites health and sport professionals in an effort to encourage participation in physical activity among working population and reduce health risk factors for lifestyle diseases. A two-day SPORT4H scientific forum on non-traditional types of work-place exercise interventions was organized from 14th to 15th September 2020, to critically evaluate evidence on stretching and resistance exercise programs targeted to working population in aim to identify knowledge gaps and future areas of research and application. Evidence on traditional interventions (e.g., walking initiatives, active travel) appears more robust while only few studies evaluated the applicability of non-traditional PA programs in working population. However, we identified a moderate-to-strong link between non-traditional PA programs at the workplace and several health-related physical fitness indices, with resistance exercise turned out to be superior to other exercise interventions analyzed. It appears that low-volume high-repetition resistance exercise favorably affects musculoskeletal disorders, work performance and health-related quality of life in employees who exercised at least 3 times per week for over 8 weeks. In terms of safety, screening protocols should employ health-related questionnaires, adopting a progressive training load, and prescribing training programs to individual participants’ needs. Implementing non-traditional PA programs aimed to improve health-related physical fitness and counteract sedentary behavior at workplace might be therefore of utmost importance to contribute to health promotion in this sensible population.

Childhood Depressive Symptoms, Physical Activity and Health Related Fitness

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois Michaud Tomson ◽  
Robert P. Pangrazi ◽  
Glenn Friedman ◽  
Ned Hutchison
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Relative Risk ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health Related Fitness

While research has confirmed a negative relationship between adult depression and physical activity, there is little evidence for children. This study examined the relationship of being classified as physically active or inactive by a parent or a teacher to depressive symptoms in children 8 to 12 years of age (N = 933). It also assessed the relationship of playing sports outside of school, and of meeting health related fitness standards, to symptoms of depression. Relative risk of depressive symptoms for inactive classification was 2.8 to 3.4 times higher than it was for active, 1.3 to 2.4 times higher for children not playing sports outside of school, and 1.5 to 4.0 times higher for those not meeting health related fitness goals.

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