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An assessment of study characteristics, quality and reporting in cancer prehabilitation literature: a scoping review

open access: yesBMJ Open
Background Cancer and its treatment can negatively impact physical function, general well-being and quality of life. An evidence-based strategy to manage this is to prescribe exercise.
Caroline Dalton   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Positive effect of pedometer-based walking intervention on body image and physical activity enjoyment in adolescent girls

open access: yesBiomedical Human Kinetics, 2017
Study aim: To assess the effects of an eight-week pedometer-based walking intervention, using different strategies of goalsetting, on self-efficacy, physical activity enjoyment, and body image.
Kantanista Adam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food, nutrition and sustainability education in Australian primary schools: a cross-sectional analysis of teacher perspectives and practices

open access: yesArchives of Public Health
Background Healthy eating patterns from sustainable food systems are crucial for population and planetary health. Primary schools are opportune settings for teaching children about food, nutrition and sustainability (FNS) though little is known about the
Jessica V Kempler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breaking barriers: using the behavior change wheel to develop a tailored intervention to overcome workplace inhibitors to breaking up sitting time

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background The workplace is a prominent domain for excessive sitting. The consequences of increased sitting time include adverse health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and poor mental wellbeing.
Samson O. Ojo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indian adolescents’ perceptions of the home food environment

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background The home food environment has the potential to influence the eating behaviour of adolescents. This investigation aimed to understand Indian adolescents’ perspectives of their home food environments.
Neha Rathi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Recommendations for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Promotion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Always and at any age, regular physical activity can act as a powerful elixir with a beneficial effect on health and well-being. The wide variety of health effects that physical activity can have, for example on our cardiovascular system, back and joints, is scientifically well proven. At the same time, we spend most of our time sitting – at school, at
Rütten, Alfred   +15 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Feasibility of a Novel School Peer-Led Mentoring Model to Improve the Physical Activity Levels and Sedentary Time of Adolescent Girls: The Girls Peer Activity (G-PACT) Project

open access: yesChildren, 2018
Regular physical activity (PA) is associated with numerous physical and psychological health benefits. Adolescents, specifically girls, are at risk of physical inactivity.
Michael B. Owen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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