The purpose of this study was to analyse the interaction between somatotype, body fat and physical activity in prepubescent children. This was a cross-sectional study design involving 312 children (160 girls, 152 boys) aged between 10 and 11.5 years old (10.8 ± 0.4 years old). Evaluation of body composition was done determining body mass index and body fat by means of skin-fold measurements, us...

Exercise behavior, cardiorespiratory fitness, and obesity are strongly influenced by genetic factors. By studying young adult twins, we examined to what extent these interrelated traits have shared genetic and environmental etiologies. We studied 304 twin individuals selected from the population-based FinnTwin16 study. Physical activity was assessed with the Baecke questionnaire, yielding three...

Background and Purpose—The relationship between physical activity and stroke is inconclusive according to the 1996 US Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between physical activity and ischemic stroke risk among 14 575 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study participants aged 45 to 64 years free of self-reported stroke and c...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The relationship between physical activity and stroke is inconclusive according to the 1996 US Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between physical activity and ischemic stroke risk among 14 575 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study participants aged 45 to 64 years free of self-reported stroke and c...

We appreciate the interest of Brett et al. 1 in our Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ). 2 The highest priority in designing a questionnaire for epidemiologic practice is the ability of the questionnaire to rank individuals (i.e., to discriminate among individuals with respect to their physical activity) rather than to estimate their absolute energy expenditure. Therefore, in devel...

BACKGROUND The present study considered age- and sex-associated variation in sports participation (SP) in Portuguese youth. METHOD A national 12,568 students, 10-18 years, was surveyed. Two items of the Baecke et al. (1982) questionnaire that deal with SP were considered. Logistic regression and factorial ANOVA were used. RESULTS The prevalence of SP is greater in males than females. Mean s...

The purpose of this study was to determine the level physical activity TNI-AD soldiers in 201/Jaya Yudha Mechanic Yonif Unit during Covid-19 pandemic. research method used is a survey method. All Soldiers 201 / Jaya Unit, totaling 1 company, consisted 108 people, and sample taken using purposive sampling technique, so 23 people. instruments were questionnaire about from Baecke analysis BMI (Bod...

BACKGROUND: The knowledge about university students generally demonstrates that they do not meet current recommendations for Physical Activity (PA). However, PA and Fitness are an indicator Function (PFn), being PFn a separate construct is related to movement skill proficiency. AIM: To analyze the rate of changes in accessed by Functional Movement Screen (FMS) levels (sports leisure) group Spor...