Physical activity for women: what park and recreation departments can do.

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......is to summarize the effects of physical activity on women's health and provide suggestions...recreation departments can promote the physical activity of women. Key Messages About Physical Activity for Women The importance of physical activity...

Patterns and Correlates of Physical Activity Among US Women 40 Years and...

Physical Therapy;  November 1, 2000 ;     441 words ......Correlates of Physical Activity Among US Women 40 Years and...the patterns of physical activity among women. The physical activity definitions were...Hispanic, and white. Physical activity was lowest among women who were African...

Females and physical activity.

Parks & Recreation;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......can make to improving women's health through physical activity. Although more opportunities...examining the importance of physical activity to adult women's physical health...Constraints to Girls' and Women's Physical Activity Involvement Despite...

Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Women with Mobility Impairments:...

Therapeutic Recreation Journal;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......consistently report lower physical activity levels for women than men across ages...habitual patterns of physical activity for women with physical disabilities...specifically on the physical activity patterns of women with disabilities...

The Health Benefits of Physical Activity for Girls and Women

Centres of Excellence for Women's Health Research Bulletin;  April 1, 2005 ;     564 words ......understanding girls' and women's physical activity. In an attempt to...health benefits of physical activity for girls and women, a multidisciplinary...benefits and risks of physical activity for girls and women. This report tackled...

Issues in the Assessment of Physical Activity in Women.

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Keywords: physical activity, exercise, recreation, leisure, women, surveys Women...and sedentary physical activity behaviors among women, exceeding levels...leisure time physical activity to be highest among all women (27%), especially...

Comment on Issues in the Assessment of Physical Activity in Women.

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......leisure time, physical activity; exercise, women In 1993, Barbara...exposition of issues in physical activity and its assessment in women (Ainsworth, 2000...short-sighted view that women do little vigorous physical activity and are therefore...

Physical activity levels among overweight and obese adults in South...

Southern Medical Journal;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......obese men and women reported less leisure time physical activity than did people...overweight women reporting no leisu re time physical activity. (5) Physical...obese men and women and 2) to determine the physical activity preferences...

Leisure Time Physical Activity in Australian Women: Relationship With Well...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......relationship between physical activity and all-cause mortality in women (Blair, Kohl &...to suggest that physical activity has benefits for women in terms of blood...cohorts of Australian women. A physical activity score, derived from...

RESEARCHER: LATINO MEN, WOMEN GET MOST DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FROM WORK...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 22, 2006 ;     364 words ......that Latino men and women get most daily physical activity from work and home-relat...how Latino men and women get most of their physical activity. Among the 155 people...more work-related physical activity than women, while women engaged...

Higher physical activity, lower risk of breast cancer.(Brief article)

Food & Fitness Advisor;  February 1, 2007 ;     204 words ...Women who have higher levels of physical activity may have a reduced...from the Iowa Women's Health Study...took part in physical activity and with what...Cancer Registry. Women with high physical activity levels--vigorous...those with high physical ...

Physical Activity Reduces Breast Ca Risk by 60%.

OB GYN News;  June 1, 2000 ;     251 words ......Atlanta. The women's levels of recreational physical activity initially...levels of physical activity and breast cancer in older women. Among those...approximately 60% in women who had consistently...recreational physical activity. This association...

After-School Physical Activity Programs for Adolescent Girls.(part 3 in...

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......relationship between estrogen levels, physical activity, and bone maladies such as osteoporosis...have imagined the changes in women's sport participation that would...literature concerning the effects of physical activity interventions on youths, Stone...

Physical activity associated with improved survival for women with breast...

Community Practitioner;  July 1, 2005 ;     449 words ......determine whether physical activity among women with breast cancer...The benefit of physical activity was particularly apparent among women with hormone-responsive...decreases among obese women, say the researchers. Physical activity after a breast...

Counseling middle-aged women about physical activity using the stages of...

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the benefits of physical activity are numerous, 60% of adult women do not engage in...recommending a physical activity program. Women in midlife frequently...not participate. Women who participate in physical activity during midlife...