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Physical activity intervention for rural middle-aged and older Australian adults: a pilot implementation study of the ecofit program delivered in a real-world setting

open access: yesPilot and Feasibility Studies, 2021
Background ecofit is an evidence-based multi-component physical activity intervention that integrates smartphone technology, the outdoor environment, and social support.
Magdalena Wilczynska   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influences on health-care practitioners' promotion of physical activity to their patients with prostate cancer: A qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction: Physical activity is beneficial for the physical and psychological health of patients with prostate cancer (PCa). Health-care practitioners are ideally positioned to promote physical activity to their patients.Aim: To identify factors that ...
Keogh, Justin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Physical activity of female children and adolescents based on step counts: meeting the recommendation and relation to BMI

open access: yesBiomedical Human Kinetics, 2015
Study aim: the aim of this study was to assess the step counts of children and adolescents with different BMIs and to present the results in relation to the step count recommendation.
Kantanista Adam   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between physical activity, screen time, sleep time and selected academic skills in 8/9-year-old children

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background High levels of physical activity (PA), low levels of screen time, combined with sufficient sleep time, provide better health benefits. However, few studies have examined the association of these behaviours with academic skills. Therefore, this
Agata Korcz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physical activity promotion in care homes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on the implementation of a physical activity (PA) scheme – Let’s Motivate (LM) – within private care homes (CHs) in Dumfries and Galloway (D&G), Scotland; aiming to provide an insight into the ...
Topping, Christopher   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure and Exercise Training in Hypoxic Conditions as a New Obesity Therapeutic Modality: A Mini Review

open access: yesJournal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2018
Obesity is an important health problem caused by positive energy balance. Generally, low calorie dietary intake combined with regular exercise is the most common modality to lose bodily fat in obese people.
Hun-Young Park   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physical Activity and Obesity Indicators: National Cross Sectional Study on Lebanese Adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Association between higher levels of physical activity and lower rates of obesity has been shown. The aim is to assess the relation between the prevalence of physical activity and the Physical Activity Index (PAI) of 300 Lebanese healthy adults, with age,
Al-Iskandarani, M. (Mohamad)   +4 more
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The Effect of Physical Activity on Lymphocyte Count in Smokers Who Consume Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa L.) Oil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Twenty percent of the total number of human leukocytes is lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are responsible for the control of the adaptive immune system. Physical activity is any body movement that requires energy to do it.
Akrom, A. (Akrom)   +2 more
core  

Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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