the main purpose of this study was to determine which correlate, perceived motor competence or motor skill competence, best predicts girls' physical activity behavior.a sample of 352 girls (mean age=8.7, sd=0.3 yr) participated in this study. to assess motor skill competence and perceived motor competence, each child completed the test of gross motor development-2 and physical ability sub-scale...

conclusions the results showed a high prevalence of hypertension in girls with little difference with regard to ethnic groups, indicating that the use of training programs to adjust and modify lifestyle attitudes not only is effective in reducing hypertension, but also can prevent the adolescents’ susceptibility to the diseases that cause disability, increased living costs and weakened family t...

malay home surroundings is varies in plants pattern as well as a variety of size. the plants speciescultivated own their particular reasons. malay house environment is so harmony with humans, mother nature alsoculture relationship has visualise a unique environmental design. in this accomplishing research, it will provide anunderstanding of plants adoption of malay house environment. environmen...

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materials and methods weighted logistic regression models were used for the analysis of 1,248 cases and 39,995 controls from the 2005 california health interview survey (chis). results the prevalence of spd was 10% in cases and 4% in controls, respectively. the percentages of past and current smoking were higher in cases than controls (50% vs. 24% and 27% vs. 15%, respectively). after adjusting...

abstract aims: physical inactivity has been identified as the 4th leading risk factor for global mortality causing an estimated of 3.2million deaths per year. this study aimed to assess the physical activity of health volunteers with pender's health promotion model. instrument & methods: this cross-sectional analytical study was performed on 80 health volunteers in torbat-e-jam city, iran,...