How European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a lifestyle change program for men delivered in football clubs, achieved its effect: a mixed methods process evaluation embedded in a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background A randomised trial of European Fans in Training (EuroFIT), a 12-week healthy lifestyle program delivered in 15 professional football clubs in the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, successfully increased physical activity ...
Christopher Bunn +2 more
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Exploring the provision and motives behind the adoption of health-promotion programmes in professional football clubs across four European countries [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 This study mapped existing health-promotion provisions targeting adults in professional football clubs across England, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal, and explored motives behind the clubs’ adoption of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT ...
Øystein B. Røynesdal +12 more
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Assessment of Physical Fitness in Children and Adolescents with Simple Obesity [PDF]
ChildrenObjectives: The systematic increase in the number of overweight and obese people in recent years has led to the recognition of this condition as a chronic, non-infectious disease of civilization, declared a global epidemic by WHO in 1997. This phenomenon
Jacek Podogrodzki +3 more
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The effect of 10 weeks of karate training on the development of motor skills in children who are new to karate [PDF]
Frontiers in PhysiologyThis study investigated the effect of a 10-week karate training program on the motor skill development of 5-7-year-old children new to karate with two different test batteries. A total of 28 participants were included in the study: 18 in the Karate group
Yasin Arslan +10 more
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Associations Between Physical Fitness and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Obesity [PDF]
DiagnosticsObesity is associated with multiple comorbidities and therefore requires a multidisciplinary approach. Particular attention is given to the role of visceral adiposity and its impact on quality of life.
Aldona Wierzbicka-Rucińska +4 more
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Protective Factors Against Social Exclusion in Adolescents: Physical Condition and Physical Activity [PDF]
ChildrenBackground: Social exclusion in children and adolescents can lead to negative effects such as anxiety, low self-esteem, and academic difficulties.
Josune Rodríguez-Negro +4 more
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PLoS Medicine, 2019 BackgroundReducing sitting time as well as increasing physical activity in inactive people is beneficial for their health. This paper investigates the effectiveness of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) programme to improve physical activity and ...
Sally Wyke +2 more
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Factors influencing the implementation of the EuroFIT lifestyle change program in professional football clubs in Europe: a qualitative study in four European countries [PDF]
Translational Behavioral Medicine, 2023 Femke Van Nassau +2 more
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STUDY OF STUDENTS’ PHYSICAL ABILITY [PDF]
Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2021 Students’ health, physical development, and physical ability are a primary task of the Bulgarian state, school and family. Very important for its effective solution is the correct combination of work and rest, proper nutrition, body strengthening and ...
P. Milanova
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Physical fitness and somatic structure in adolescent taekwondo athletes and untrained peers
Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2023 Study aim: The purpose of the study was to assess the level of physical fitness (PF) and somatic structure in children training a Korean martial art (ITF taekwondo) and untrained peers and to determine the associations of children’s BMI with that of ...
Nyrć Monika, Lopuszanska-Dawid Monika
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