Impact of Promoting Lifestyle Activity for Youth (PLAY) on children's...

Journal of School Health;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Promoting physical activity for children has received considerable attention...health are related to participation in regular physical activity. (1) In addition, physical activity and physical inactivity track from childhood...

Differences in Self-Reported Rationale for Perceived Increases in Physical...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......exercise, behaviors, Surgeon General Physical activity is a recognized component of healthy...guidelines for moderate leisure time physical activity and that many would obtain health...by increasing their leisure time physical activity. Recent research suggests that small...

Reliability and Validity Issues Concerning Large-scale Surveillance of...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Keywords: physical activity, surveillance, reliability...large-scale surveillance of physical activity behaviors in the U.S. population...Surveillance System (BRFSS). The physical activity data generated from the system...

A prospective study of pedometer-determined physical activity and physical...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......prospective studies investigating physical activity and physical self-perceptions in...001, and was inversely related to physical activity change. The lack of opportunities...psychological factors that influence physical activity is a central tenet to promoting youth...

Physical activity levels and prompts in young children at recess: a...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Physical activity provides children with both current...responsibility for promoting their lifelong physical activity (Sallis & McKenzie, 1991...provide some opportunities for physical activity, but the frequency of structured...

Pediatric Physical Activity and Fitness

Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The importance of physical activity in childhood and adolescence...Since adequate amounts of physical activity provide multiple health...intervene to increase regular physical activity in children and adolescents...

Guidelines for school and community programs to promote lifelong physical...

Journal of School Health;  August 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......lifestyles and promoting physical activity have become increasingly...Surgeon General's report on physical activity and health emphasizes that...participation in moderate physical activity is an essential component...

Neighborhood physical activity opportunity: a multilevel contextual model.

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......environment In recent years, the study of physical activity has received increased recognition...physical environment influences on physical activity behavior and emphasize the importance...dropout, and drug use, researchers in physical activity are just beginning to study the ...

The association of objectively determined physical activity behavior among...

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......was to examine the extent to which physical activity among adolescent female friends is...years). Pedometry was used to assess physical activity over 4 days. The relationship between...first-nominated reciprocal friend's physical activity level was moderate (r = 0.45, 90...

Physical activity and physical fitness counseling patterns of adult nurse...

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......examined factors related to physical activity counseling practices of...study were to (a) examine physical activity assessment and counseling...b) identify barriers to physical activity counseling, (c) describe...

Gender differences in physical activity and determinants of physical...

Journal of School Health;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Regular physical activity and adequate levels of physical...Among adults, higher levels of physical activity and physical fitness have been...adolescents, the association between physical activity and health is less clear. Evidence...

School health-related physical activity programs: what do the data...

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General provides a landmark review of research on physical activity and clearly identifies its contributions...

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

Physical Therapy;  November 1, 2000 ;     441 words ...Patterns and Correlates of Physical Activity Among US Women 40 Years and Older Brownson...study used a number of definitions of physical activity to describe the patterns of physical activity among women. The physical activity definitions...

Changing levels of physical activity in adolescent girls.(Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  February 15, 2004 ;     653 words ......component of a healthy lifestyle is physical activity. Unfortunately, physical activity declines substantially during adolescence...percent of whom report low levels of physical activity by the time they are in the 12th grade...

College students' motivation for physical activity: differentiating men's...

Journal of American College Health;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Evidence clearly shows that regular physical activity improves physiological and psychological...one would expect participation in physical activity to be the norm. However, epidemiological...evidence indicates that the level of physical activity declines from high school to college...