scholarly journals London 2012 (Re)calling: Youth memories and Olympic ‘legacy’ ether in the hinterland

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffery Z Kohe
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Narrative Fragments

Engendering interest and support among young people was a key strategy for the organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Part of the approach entailed promoting the event as a context and inspirational catalyst to propel young people’s proclivities toward, and enduring participation in, sport and physical activity. Although a variety of participatory platforms were entertained, the discipline of physical education remained a favoured space in which enduring Olympic imperatives could be amalgamated with government policy objectives. In this paper data are presented taken from the initial three years of a longitudinal study on young people’s engagement with the London 2012 Olympic Games, sport, physical activity and physical education within the UK’s West Midlands region. Memory scholarship is brought together with Olympic critiques, legacy debates, youth work and discussions about physical education to conceptualise participants’ anticipations and recollections of the London 2012 Olympic Games as a triptych of narrative fragments: each provides insights regarding youth experiences and the remnants of Olympic ether in the country’s hinterland. The paper offers a means subsequently to think differently about how we might play with the qualitative sociological/historiographical moments (experiences, voices, accounts, stories, etc.) that we capture in and through our work.

scholarly journals Relationship between primary school healthy eating and physical activity promoting environments and children’s dietary intake, physical activity and weight status: a longitudinal study in the West Midlands, UK

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e040833
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Mairenn Garden ◽  
Miranda Pallan ◽  
Joanne Clarke ◽  
Tania Griffin ◽  
Kiya Hurley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Food ◽  
The West ◽  
West Midlands ◽  
Physical Activity Environments

ObjectiveWe aimed to examine the association between food and physical activity environments in primary schools and child anthropometric, healthy eating and physical activity measures.DesignObservational longitudinal study using data from a childhood obesity prevention trial.SettingState primary schools in the West Midlands region, UK.Participants1392 pupils who participated in the WAVES (West Midlands ActiVe lifestyle and healthy Eating in School children) childhood obesity prevention trial (2011–2015).Primary and secondary outcome measuresSchool environment (exposure) was categorised according to questionnaire responses indicating their support for healthy eating and/or physical activity. Child outcome measures, undertaken at three time points (ages 5–6, 7–8 and 8–9 years), included body mass index z-scores, dietary intake (using a 24-hour food ticklist) and physical activity (using an Actiheart monitor over 5 days). Associations between school food and physical activity environment categories and outcomes were explored through multilevel models.ResultsData were available for 1304 children (94% of the study sample). At age 8–9 years, children in 10 schools with healthy eating and physical activity-supportive environments had a higher physical activity energy expenditure than those in 22 schools with less supportive healthy eating/physical activity environments (mean difference=5.3 kJ/kg body weight/24 hours; p=0.05). Children in schools with supportive physical activity environments (n=8) had a lower body mass index z-score than those in schools with less supportive healthy eating/physical activity environments (n=22; mean difference=−0.17, p=0.02). School food and physical activity promoting environments were not significantly associated with dietary outcomes.ConclusionsSchool environments that support healthy food and physical activity behaviours may positively influence physical activity and childhood obesity.Trial registration numberISRCTN97000586.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY OF MEDICAL STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
T. V. RUDEVA ◽  
L. N. PORUBAYKO ◽  
S. F. BOYCHENKO
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Anthropometric Data ◽  
Data Dynamics ◽  
Medical University

Aim. This longitudinal study was conducted to examine the indicators of physical development and physical efficiency of students of the Kuban State Medical University during five years of their study.Materials and methods. There was carried out a comparative analysis of the anthropometric data dynamics, the indices of physical development proportionality of Erismann, Pignier and Quetelet, and  the physical efficiency level of the students of the Kuban State Medical University during five years of their study.Results. Physical development of the students almost has not changed by the 5th year of their study. It corresponds with the age standards of the examined group.Conclusion. For optimizing the educational process during the physical education classes the physical activity of students needs to be increased as well as the amount of training in extracurricular time.

scholarly journals Change in the Mindset of a Paediatric Exercise Physiologist: A Review of Fifty Years Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han C. G. Kemper
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Mechanical Load ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Repeated Measurements ◽  
Daily Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Physical Work Capacity ◽  
Exercise Physiologist

In this review, the career of a pediatric exercise physiologist (HCGK) is given over a period of almost 50 years. His research was concentrated on the relationship of physical activity (physical education, sport, and daily physical activity) with health and fitness in teenagers in secondary schools. (1) His first experiment was an exercise test on a bicycle ergometer to measure aerobic fitness by estimating physical work capacity at a heart rate of 170 beats/minute (PWC170). (2) Secondly, a randomized control trial (RCT) was performed with an intervention of more intensive physical education (PE) with circuit interval training during three lessons per week over a period of six weeks. (3) Thereafter, a second RCT was performed with an intervention of two extra PE lessons per week over a whole school year. The results of these two RCTs appeared to be small or nonsignificant, probably because the effects were confounded by differences in maturation and the habitual physical activity of these teenagers. (4) Therefore, the scope of the research was changed into the direction of a long-term longitudinal study (the Amsterdam Growth And Health Longitudinal Study). This study included male and female teenagers that were followed over many years to get insight into the individual changes in biological factors (growth, fitness, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension) and lifestyle parameters such as nutrition, smoking, alcohol usage, and daily physical activity. With the help of new advanced statistical methods (generalized estimating equations, random coefficient analysis, and autoregression analysis) suitable for longitudinal data, research questions regarding repeated measurements, tracking, or stability were answered. New measurement techniques such as mineral bone density by means of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) showed that bone can also be influenced by short bursts of mechanical load. This changed his mind: In children and adolescents, not only can daily aerobic exercise of at least 30 to 60 min duration increase the aerobic power of muscles, but very short highly intensive bursts of less than one minute per day can also increase the strength of their bones.

scholarly journals Aptidão física, composição corporal e autopercepção de nível de atividade física em estudantes de Educação Física: um estudo longitudinal (2015-2018)

2019 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitor Costa Valente ◽  
Gustavo Costa Valente ◽  
Mariana Passini ◽  
Bianca Andrade Ferreira ◽  
Marcelo Conte
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Physical Activity Level ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Medicine Ball

Introdução: : Na atualidade, as pessoas são incentivadas a praticar exercícios físicos e a adotar um estilo de vida ativo. Dentre os cursos da área da saúde, a Educação Física é o que apresenta o maior número de universitários com bom nível de atividade física e consequente aptidão física.Objetivo: Comparar a aptidão física, a composição corporal e a autopercepção do nível de atividade física habitual dos alunos do curso de Educação Física da Escola Superior de Educação Física de Jundiaí (ESEF) no primeiro e no último ano de curso.Métodos: Estudo longitudinal com uma amostra por conveniência, do qual participaram 53 alunos do curso de bacharelado em Educação Física, que foram avaliados no primeiro (2015) e no último ano (2018), por meio de anamnese, avaliações em composição corporal e em aptidão física (aptidão cardiorrespiratória, flexibilidade, resistência e força muscular). O teste de t Student pareado foi utilizado para comparar os dados.Resultados: Houve diferenças significativas em peso(kg), +3,8% (p=0,002); IMC(kg/m2) +5% (p=0,00025); RCQ(cm) +4,9% (p= 0,00015); percentual de gordura corporal(%) -14,1%, (p=<0,0001); arremesso de medicine ball(cm) +6,2% (p=0,0006); flexão de braços(repetições) +10,8% (p=0,0051); VO2máx(ml/kg/m), -7,3% (p= 0,0384). Salto Vertical, abdominal(repetições) e flexibilidade não houve diferenças estatisticamente significativas.Conclusão: Os alunos apresentaram aumento de massa corporal, redução no percentual de gordura e melhores resultados nos testes de força e resistência muscular dos membros superiores. Entretanto, o desempenho no teste de aptidão cardiorrespiratória piorou ao longo do curso. Os resultados foram discutidos.Physical Fitness, Body Composition and Self-Perception of Physical Activity Level in Physical Education Undergraduates: A Longitudinal Study (2015-2018)Introduction: Nowadays, people are encouraged to exercise and adopt an active lifestyle. Among the courses in the area of health, Physical Education is the one that presents the highest number of university students with a good level of physical activity and consequent physical fitness.Objective: To compare the physical fitness, body composition and self-perception of the habitual physical activity level of the students of the Physical Education course of the Higher School of Physical Education of Jundiaí (ESEF) in the first and last year of the course.Methods: This was a longitudinal study with a sample of convenience, in which 53 students from the baccalaureate degree in Physical Education participated, who were evaluated in the first (2015) and last year (2018), through anamnesis, body composition and physical fitness (cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility, endurance and muscular strength). The paired Student t test was used to compare the data.Results: There were significant differences in weight (kg), + 3.8% (p = 0.002); BMI (kg / m2) + 5% (p = 0.00025); RCQ (cm) + 4.9% (p = 0.00015); percentage of body fat (%) -14.1%, (p = <0.0001); medicine ball pitch (cm) + 6.2% (p = 0.0006); arm flexion (repetitions) + 10.8% (p = 0.0051); VO2max (ml / kg / m), -7.3% (p = 0.0384). Vertical jumping, abdominal (repetitions) and flexibility were not statistically significant differences.Conclusion: The students presented increase of body mass, reduction in fat percentage and better results in tests of strength and muscular endurance of the upper limbs. However, performance in the cardiorespiratory fitness test worsened throughout the course. The results were discussed.

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