In application of the act of 25 July 1980 that provided for nuclear materials to be nationally controlled in France, IRSN carries out inspections covering the physical protection of nuclear materials, physical follow-up, and accountancy within French facilities. Some inspections give rise to physical verifications of nuclear materials held by operators, resorting to non-destructive measurement....

BACKGROUND The built environment might be associated with development of obesity and related disorders. We examined whether neighbourhood exposure to fast-food outlets and physical activity facilities were associated with adiposity in UK adults. METHODS We used cross-sectional observational data from UK Biobank. Participants were aged 40-70 years and attended 21 assessment centres between 200...

Abstract Background Engaging aged residential care (ARC) residents with physical activity (PA) may be a useful strategy to decelerate dependence and disability. It is unclear what volume, intensity patterns of PA ARC participate in. This review aims synthesize the literature quantify pattern that in across differing levels (e.g. low, intermediate, high, mixed), make recommendations for future r...

The aim of this research was to explore the objective and subjective physical environments residential care facilities (RCFs) by studying 34 in Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang Dalian. A study that combines questionnaires instrumental testing. Pearson’s correlation regression analysis were used analyse between measured value evaluation result impact on results participants’ personal background evalu...

Background: Identifying correlates of physical activity that can be targeted as potential mediators is important for developing interventions to promote physical activity in adolescent girls. However, the mediated effects of multilevel correlates of physical activity remain poorly understood. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine direct and mediated effects of personal, social and perce...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association of physical activity facilities and extracurricular sports activities in schools with physical activity among adolescents. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We used data collected for the National Survey of School Health in 2012. The national representative sample comprised 109,104 Brazilian students from 2,842 schools. We calculated the prevalence of partici...

BACKGROUND A Healthy People 2010 developmental objective (22-12) was set to increase the proportion of the nation's public and private schools that provide access to their physical activity spaces and facilities for all persons outside of normal school hours. The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of indoor and outdoor facilities at schools and the availability of those facili...