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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background With increases in inactive lifestyles and mounting pressure for academic excellence in Chinese younger populations, lack of physical activity and increased prevalence of obesity have become a major public health concern in China.
Zheng Zhu +8 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 We examined the association between indicators of the school environment with sedentary behavior and different intensities of physical activity in children.
Diego Sales +5 more
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Physical fitness training for stroke patients.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020 BACKGROUND Levels of physical activity and physical fitness are low after stroke. Interventions to increase physical fitness could reduce mortality and reduce disability through increased function.
D. Saunders +8 more
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Non-exercise equations to estimate fitness in white European and South Asian men [PDF]
, 2016 Cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong, independent predictor of health, whether it is measured in an exercise test or estimated in an equation. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate equations to estimate fitness in middle-aged white ...
Bakrania, Kishan +10 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Promotion of healthy active behaviors should start from early ages, as behaviors learned in youth are more likely to endure. A fundamental body of research in this field focuses on the implementation of programs within physical education (PE), thanks to ...
A. Cocca +3 more
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Healthy lifestyle: relationship between mediterranean diet, body composition and physical fitness in 13 to 16-years old icelandic students [PDF]
, 2018 Childhood and adolescent obesity are currently among the greatest challenges for public health. Physical activity, physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), representing powerful indicators of healthy lifestyles, are shown as ...
Domínguez, Raúl +4 more
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npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 Previous studies have shown that aerobic exercise is an effective way to improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The aim of this study [PROSPERO CRD42022340730] was to explore the effects of aerobic exercises on balance, gait, motor function, and ...
Kai Zhen +5 more
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The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 [PDF]
, 2015 Background: The DNA methylation-based 'epigenetic clock' correlates strongly with chronological age, but it is currently unclear what drives individual differences. We examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between the epigenetic clock and
Corley, Janie +17 more
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on levels of physical fitness.
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2020 INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by infections from a novel human coronavirus, has been reported since December 2019 in China but was only made official in March 2020.
Cristiano Silva Pinho +3 more
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The relationship between physical activity, motor competence and health-related fitness in 14-year-old adolescents [PDF]
, 2008 Physical activity, physical fitness, and motor competence are important health-related constructs. However, the relationship between them, particularly among children and adolescents, is still unclear.
Hands, Beth P +4 more
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