BACKGROUND Physical inactivity is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Many patterns of physical activity involvement are established early in life. To date, the role of easily identifiable early-life individual predictors of PA, such as childhood temperament, remains relatively unexplored. Here, we tested whether childhood temperamental activity level, high intensity pleasure, low intensity...

OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate a Web-based, electronic pelvic floor symptoms assessment questionnaire (e-PAQ)1 for women. DESIGN A cross-sectional study in primary and secondary care. SETTING Two general practices, two community health clinics and a secondary care urogynaecology clinic. SAMPLE A total of 432 women (204 in primary care and 228 in secondary care) were recruited between J...

We aimed to describe physical activity and sedentary behaviour of obese children and adolescents in Taranaki, New Zealand, and to determine how these differ in Māori (indigenous) versus non-indigenous children. Participants (n = 239; 45% Māori, 45% New Zealand European [NZE], 10% other ethnicities) aged 4.8-16.8 years enrolled in a community-based obesity programme from January 2012 to August 2...

BACKGROUND Physical activity questionnaires (PAQ) have been extensively used to determine physical activity (PA) levels. Most PAQ are derived from an energy expenditure-based perspective and assess activities with a certain intensity level. Activities with a moderate or vigorous intensity level are predominantly used to determine a person's PA level in terms of quantity. Studies show that the t...

BACKGROUND Global prevalence of adolescent obesity is rising at an alarming rate leading to increase risk of adult obesity. Obesity in adolescence is postulated to have a significant impact on both physical and psychological health of an individual. The study aim was to identify nutritional and behavioral risk factors associated with obesity among adolescent Sri Lankan school girls. METHODS I...

The purpose of this study was to determine the conditions and relationship between body mass index (BMI), physical activity, fitness. Materials methods. This type research a cross-sectional which an observational that analyzes data with predetermined variables respondents. number respondents 191 elementary school students in Kecamatan Ploso, Kabupaten Jombang, East Java, Indonesia. BMI calculat...

conclusions the amount and intensity of physical activity during pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. as a result, the pregnant iranian females have to be encouraged to do regular daily physical activity during pregnancy, if there is no specific contraindication to it. results females who had low total physical activity according to the pregnancy physical ...

BACKGROUND Research development is needed in physical activity and sedentary behaviour and their associations with mental health in young people. In Western countries the weather is a key contributing factor of sedentary behaviour in youth. The likely contributing factor of sedentary behaviour among African youth has not been explored. This study examined the association between sedentary behav...