Promoting Physically Active Lifestyles among Youths

1999 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 26-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles B. Corbin ◽  
Darren Dale ◽  
Robert P. Pangrazi
Keyword(s):  
Physically Active ◽  
Active Lifestyles

Physically active lifestyles and well-being

2005 ◽  
pp. 140-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart J.H. Biddle ◽  
Panteleimon Ekkekakis
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Active Lifestyles

scholarly journals The Effects of a Physically Active Lifestyle on the Health of Former Professional Football Players

Sports ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuba Melekoğlu ◽  
Erdi Sezgin ◽  
Ali Işın ◽  
Ayşen Türk
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Conduction Delay ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Intraventricular Conduction ◽  
Family Medical History ◽  
Active Lifestyles

The purpose of this investigation was to determine if a physically active lifestyle affects the health of former football players. Sixty former professional football players aged 40–50 years and who ended their sports career at least ten years ago were recruited for the study and grouped into two groups based on their physical activity habits after their retirement. Health and lifestyle characteristics were collected through a questionnaire to obtain information about recreational physical activity levels, diseases, family medical history, smoking, alcohol intake and dietary habits. Furthermore, lung functions, blood parameters and cardiovascular health were evaluated. Our results showed that body weight and body fat percentage were significantly higher in retired footballers who had a sedentary lifestyle compared to those who were physically active. The absolute and predicted values for forced expiratory volume in one-second values were higher in the active group. Twelve retired athletes were found to have intraventricular conduction delay. The findings suggest that former footballers who have higher levels of physical activity have advanced body composition, respiratory functions and serum lipids compared to former footballers with less active lifestyles. It is recommended that former elite athletes should maintain physically active lifestyles to sustain their health and reduce the risk of disease and disability in the later years of life.

Can Conceptual Physical Education Promote Physically Active Lifestyles?

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren Dale ◽  
Charles B. Corbin ◽  
Thomas F. Cuddihy
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
High School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
First Year ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
9Th Grade ◽  
High School Physical Education ◽  
Active Lifestyles

This study examined the physical activity participation of students in a large southwestern high school 1–3 years after they had been exposed to a 9th-grade conceptual physical education program. Comparisons were made to students exposed to traditional physical education. Students were assessed using physical activity questions from the 1995 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Students from the conceptual program met adolescent guidelines for physical activity, especially those who participated in the program in its first year of operation. Females were significantly less likely to report sedentary behaviors if they had been exposed to the conceptual, rather than traditional, high school physical education program.

German senior citizens’ capabilities for physical activity: a qualitative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1117-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Sauter ◽  
Janina Curbach ◽  
Jana Rueter ◽  
Verena Lindacher ◽  
Julika Loss
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Active Lifestyles

Abstract Sen’s capability approach (CA) has found its way into health promotion over the last few years. The approach takes both individual factors as well as social and environmental conditions into account and therefore appears to have great potential to explore opportunities for (‘capabilities’) and barriers to active lifestyles. Thus, our objective in this study was to investigate which capabilities senior citizens perceive to have available to them in order to be physically active. In Southern Germany, we conducted 26 semi-standardized interviews with senior citizens aged 66–97, as well as 9 interviews with key persons who have close contact to senior citizens in their work life. We identified 11 capabilities which the interviewees considered as important in leading an active lifestyle. They could be grouped into four domains: (1) individual resources, (2) social interactions and norms, (3) living conditions and (4) organizational environment. Results highlight the need for health-promoting interventions that widen the range of capabilities on social and environmental levels in a way that individuals can freely choose to be as physically active as they like. The results make clear that interventions should not only target and involve older adults themselves, but also their families, nursing home staff or community representatives, because these groups are important in shaping older adults’ capabilities for an active lifestyle.

scholarly journals A Possible Preventive Role of Physically Active Lifestyle during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic; Might Regular Cold-Water Swimming and Exercise Reduce the Symptom Severity of COVID-19?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 7158
Author(s):  
Viktor Bielik ◽  
Marian Grendar ◽  
Martin Kolisek
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Infection ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infection ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Active Lifestyle ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Recreational Athletes ◽  
Active Lifestyles

The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence and course of COVID-19 and the risk of an upper respiratory tract infection in a group of people with physically active lifestyles. Data were collected anonymously using an online survey platform during December 2020. The age of participants ranged from 18 to 65 years. Out of 2343 participants, 11.5% overcame COVID-19 infection. Relative to the control group (CTRL), physically active, cold-water swimmers (PACW) did not exhibit a lower risk of incidence for COVID-19 (RR 1.074, CI 95% (0.710–1.625). However, PACW had a higher chance of having an asymptomatic course of COVID-19 (RR 2.321, CI 95% (0.836–6.442); p < 0.05) and a higher chance of only having an acute respiratory infection once or less per year than CTRL (RR 1.923, CI 95% (1.1641–2.253); p < 0.01). Furthermore, PACW exhibited a lower incidence of acute respiratory infection occurring more than twice per year (RR 0.258, CI 95% (0.138–0.483); p < 0.01). Cold-water swimming and physical activity may not lessen the risk of COVID-19 in recreational athletes. However, a physically active lifestyle might have a positive effect on the rate of incidence of acute respiratory infection and on the severity of COVID-19 symptoms.

scholarly journals Effect of a Service-Learning Program on the Active Lifestyle of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4354
Author(s):  
Teresa Valverde-Esteve ◽  
Oscar Chiva-Bartoll ◽  
Celina Salvador-García ◽  
María Maravé-Vivas
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Active Lifestyles ◽  
Experimental Group

Background: active lifestyles and Physical Activity (PA) are closely related to health. Healthy habits such as being physically active should be consolidated during childhood. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) present fewer opportunities to be involved in PA. For this reason, we conducted a Service-Learning (SL) program to enhance the possibility of participating ASD children enjoying PA sessions. The aim of this study was to analyze and describe the evolution in terms of the frequency and intensity of PA performed by ASD children who participated in the SL program. Methods: we used a quasi-experimental design. The sample was formed by 26 children with ASD (Experimental group: n = 16; 4 girls, 12 boys) (Control group: n = 10; 1 girl, 9 boys) with ASD level 1. Results: after the intervention program, moderate PA during the week increased significantly (Pre-Median: 92.04, Range: 35.71–126.47 min; Post-Median: 212.67, Range: 99.75, 271.04 min) (p ≤ 0.001). When comparing both groups, the tendency to do PA in the Experimental group remained more stable. Also, the improvements in moderate intensities were higher in the Experimental group after the intervention. Conclusion: a six-month SL program improved the moderate PA routines of ASD children. However, longer programs and longitudinal studies are required.

Tailoring interventions to promote physically active lifestyles in women

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bess H. Marcus ◽  
LeighAnn H. Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
Physically Active ◽  
Active Lifestyles

Being physically active in old age: relationships with being active earlier in life, social status and agents of socialisation

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1097-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
JESUS MARTÍNEZ DEL CASTILLO ◽  
JOSÉ EMILIO JIMÉNEZ-BEATTY NAVARRO ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS GRAUPERA SANZ ◽  
MARÍA MARTÍN RODRÍGUEZ ◽  
ANTONIO CAMPOS IZQUIERDO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
The Social ◽  
Active Lifestyles

ABSTRACTCritical reviews of the literature on the factors that influence physical activity among older adults have argued that existing theoretical frameworks should be extended by integrating those that deal with the complex processes of socialisation and social learning. This paper explores some of the social processes that influence older people's participation in physical activity (beyond that associated with everyday domestic tasks). A questionnaire with items on personal, social and environmental characteristics was completed by a random sample of older adults in the Madrid Autonomous Region (Spain). Significant relationships were found between the type of physical activity participation and: being physically active at earlier life stages, socio-economic status, the encouragement of others or social support in being active, and the knowledge and availability of local facilities. Some cases were observed of re-socialisation into physical activity among those who had been inactive earlier in life, and both appropriate environmental and supportive social conditions appeared instrumental. The findings could usefully inform the design of future social programmes to promote active lifestyles in later life, but given the complexity of the socialisation processes, it would be advisable for future studies to examine other than the four factors featured in the presented analysis, such as the role of cultural differences.

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