scholarly journals Promotion of Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Lifestyles for Teenagers: A Systematic Literature Review of The Current Methodologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Vanessa Villasana ◽  
Ivan Miguel Pires ◽  
Juliana Sá ◽  
Nuno M. Garcia ◽  
Eftim Zdravevski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Paper Diary ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Diet Diary ◽  
Active Lifestyles ◽  
The Common ◽  
Nutrition And Physical Activity ◽  
Exercise Diary

Amid obesity problems in the young population and apparent trends of spending a significant amount of time in a stationary position, promoting healthy nutrition and physical activities to teenagers is becoming increasingly important. It can rely on different methodologies, including a paper diary and mobile applications. However, the widespread use of mobile applications by teenagers suggests that they could be a more suitable tool for this purpose. This paper reviews the methodologies for promoting physical activities to healthy teenagers explored in different studies, excluding the analysis of different diseases. We found only nine studies working with teenagers and mobile applications to promote active lifestyles, including the focus on nutrition and physical activity. Studies report using different techniques to captivate the teenagers, including questionnaires and gamification techniques. We identified the common features used in different studies, which are: paper diary, diet diary, exercise diary, notifications, diet plan, physical activity registration, gamification, smoking cessation, pictures, game, and SMS, among others.

scholarly journals Mobile Applications for the Promotion and Support of Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Habits: A Systematic Review, Extraction of Features and Taxonomy Proposal

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-71
Author(s):  
María Vanessa Villasana ◽  
Ivan Miguel Pires ◽  
Juliana Sá ◽  
Nuno M. Garcia ◽  
Eftim Zdravevski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Diet Diary ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Google Play

Background: Mobile applications can be used for the monitoring of lifestyles and physical activity. It can be installed in commodity mobile devices, which are currently used by different types of people in their daily activities worlwide . Objective: This paper reviews and categorizes the mobile applications related to diet, nutrition, health, physical activity and education, showing the analysis of 73 mobile applications available on Google Play Store with the extraction of the different features. Methods: The mobile applications were analyzed in relation to each proposed category and their features, starting with the definition of the search keywords used in the Google Play Store. Each mobile application was installed on a smartphone, and validated whether it was researched in scientific studies. Finally, all mobile applications and features were categorized. Results: These mobile applications were clustered into four groups, including diet and nutrition, health, physical activity and education. The features of mobile applications were also categorized into six groups, including diet, anthropometric parameters, social, physical activity, medical parameters and vital parameters. The most available features of the mobile applications are weight, height, age, gender, goals, calories needed calculation, diet diary, food database with calories, calories burned and calorie intake. Conclusion: With this review, it was concluded that most mobile applications available in the market are related to diet, and they are important for different types of people. A promising idea for future work is to evaluate the acceptance by young people of such mobile applications.

scholarly journals Mobile Applications for the Promotion and Support of Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Habits: A Systematic Review, Extraction of Features and Taxonomy Proposal

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Vanessa Villasana ◽  
Ivan Miguel Pires ◽  
Juliana Sá ◽  
Nuno M. Garcia ◽  
Eftim Zdravevski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Diet Diary ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Google Play

Background: Mobile applications can be used for the monitoring of lifestyles and physical activity. It can be installed in commodity mobile devices, which are currently used by different types of people in their daily activities worlwide . Objective: This paper reviews and categorizes the mobile applications related to diet, nutrition, health, physical activity and education, showing the analysis of 73 mobile applications available on Google Play Store with the extraction of the different features. Methods: The mobile applications were analyzed in relation to each proposed category and their features, starting with the definition of the search keywords used in the Google Play Store. Each mobile application was installed on a smartphone, and validated whether it was researched in scientific studies. Finally, all mobile applications and features were categorized. Results: These mobile applications were clustered into four groups, including diet and nutrition, health, physical activity and education. The features of mobile applications were also categorized into six groups, including diet, anthropometric parameters, social, physical activity, medical parameters and vital parameters. The most available features of the mobile applications are weight, height, age, gender, goals, calories needed calculation, diet diary, food database with calories, calories burned and calorie intake. Conclusion: With this review, it was concluded that most mobile applications available in the market are related to diet, and they are important for different types of people. A promising idea for future work is to evaluate the acceptance by young people of such mobile applications.

Results of the Italian project ‘GiochiAMO’ to improve nutrition and PA among children

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
V D’Egidio ◽  
L Lia ◽  
A Sinopoli ◽  
I Backhaus ◽  
A Mannocci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Physical Activity Behavior ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Nutrition Behavior ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Activity Behavior ◽  
Nutrition And Physical Activity

Abstract Background Prevalence of overweight and obesity during childhood is still elevated in high-income countries. GiochiAMO is a health promotion program that uses knowledge-based education and games to teach healthy nutrition and physical activity among children (6–8 years old). Methods This study was a single arm field trial. Second and third grade classes of primary school attended an oral presentation about nutrition and physical activity and then were involved in three game sessions. Two multiple-choice questionnaires were administered at the beginning and at the end of the trail. The following scores were measured: nutrition behavior score (NTs), physical activity behavior score (PAs) and delta score (Ds). Wilcoxon, T-test and Mann Whitney were used to perform the univariate analysis. Results A total number of 74 and 76 children participated in the physical activity and nutrition interventions. NTs was 4.17 (SD: 2.23) before and 5.03 (SD: 2.79) after the intervention (P = 0.005). PAs was 27.4 (SD: 9.6) before and 30.5 (SD: 10.7) after the intervention (P = 0.003). No significant differences were obtained comparing males and females for all scores. Ds was 0.86 for nutrition and 3.1 for physical activity. Univariate analysis of Delta scores obtained no significant differences. Conclusions The present results confirm the effectiveness of ‘GiochiAMO’ to change nutrition and physical activity behavior.

scholarly journals Organised Physical Activity in the Forests of the Warsaw and Tricity Agglomerations, Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janeczko ◽  
Wójcik ◽  
Kędziora ◽  
Janeczko ◽  
Woźnicka
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Condition ◽  
Continuous Monitoring ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Geostatistical Method ◽  
Active Lifestyles ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The Impact

Research Highlights: The achieved results indicate that in the period of 2010–2016, the number of sporting events (running, cycling and walking) as well as the number of participants has increased many times. Methods: A geostatistical method, i.e., kriging, was used to check the distance-based relationship between agglomerations proximity and sporting events. The questionnaire surveys were used to determine the reasons for physical activity in the forest. Results: The analysis of the impact of the scope of the urban agglomerations on the number of organised physical activities proved that, in both cases (Warsaw and Tricity), most events take place in forests located close to these cities. The larger the distance to Warsaw or Tricity, the lower the number of sporting events and the lower the number of participants. The reasons why people take up physical activity are mainly to improve their health and physical condition, reduce stress and improve wellbeing. Conclusions: The conducted research indicates a significant increase in the importance of non-productive functions of forests located in the vicinity of urban agglomerations, as well as the need for continuous monitoring of actions taken by foresters to promote active lifestyles.

scholarly journals Integrated Role of Nutrition and Physical Activity for Lifelong Health

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karsten Koehler ◽  
Clemens Drenowatz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Musculoskeletal Health ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Improve Body Composition ◽  
Nutrition And Physical Activity

It is well established that healthy nutrition and physical activity (PA) are key lifestyle factors that modulate lifelong health through their ability to improve body composition, musculoskeletal health, and physical and cognitive performance, as well as to prevent metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease across the lifespan [...]

scholarly journals SP1-46 School--based intervention to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity in Sousse, Tunisia

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A387-A387
Author(s):  
M. M. Jihene ◽  
H. Imed ◽  
G. Rafika ◽  
B. A. Imene ◽  
B. Mylene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
School Based Intervention ◽  
School Based ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Nutrition And Physical Activity
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