1 Centro de Investigação em Educação Básica (CIEB), Instituto Politécnico Bragança, Campus Santa (PORTUGAL)2 Bragança (PORTUGAL)

As it turns out, in practice, animation is limited to the artistic component of organising events and conducting various types recreation, which does not meet current needs for managing active leisure. there a need change ideological function leisure system. The purposeof study reveal an imation recreational activities system Material methods research. used meta-analysis, included following sta...

This study estimates the percentage of health care expenditures in the non-institutionalized United States (U.S.) adult population associated with levels of physical activity inadequate to meet current guidelines. Leisure-time physical activity data from the National Health Interview Survey (2004-2010) were merged with health care expenditure data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2006...

OBJECTIVE The workplace represents an important setting for increasing physical activity levels. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the workplace environment and leisure-time physical activity, using a nationally representative sample of the Canadian population. METHODS This study used cross-sectional, self-reported data from 48,916 participants who c...

the way people spend their leisure is a reflection of social, economic, and cultural capital in any given society. the present research studies the influence of cultural capital on leisure using survey method. instrument used to collect data has been: questionnaire. the statistical population constitutes all women living in the city of juybar aged 15-64. based on the results of the latest censu...

In order to meet the UK's challenging greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets, behaviour change will be necessary in addition to changes in technology. Traditionally this has been approached from the angle of shifting the goods people purchase towards lower impact options. But an equally valid angle is through changing the way people use their time. This study explores the GHG emissions per unit...

We exploit time use data from Denmark and the United States to examine the impact institutions and social norms have on individuals‟ bargaining power within a household, hypothesizing that the more generous social welfare system and more egalitarian social norms in Denmark will mitigate the impact standard economic power measures have upon couples‟ time use. Further we posit that leisure time w...

BACKGROUND Evidence suggests physical activity often declines during pregnancy, however explanations for the decline are not well understood. The aim of this study was to identify modifiable barriers to leisure-time physical activity among women who did not meet physical activity guidelines during pregnancy. METHODS Analyses were based on data from 133 mothers (~3-months postpartum) who were ...

OBJECTIVE We assessed associations between physical activity and lung function, and its decline, in the prospective population-based European Community Respiratory Health Survey cohort. METHODS FEV1 and FVC were measured in 3912 participants at 27-57 years and 39-67 years (mean time between examinations=11.1 years). Physical activity frequency and duration were assessed using questionnaires a...