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Measuring the effect of opportunity cost of time on participation in sports and exercise [PDF]

, 2013
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Background: There is limited research on the association between opportunity cost of time and sports and exercise due to lack of data on opportunity cost of time. Using a
Anokye, NK, Fox-Rushby, J, Pokhrel, S
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The demand for sports and exercise: Results from an illustrative survey [PDF]

, 2011
Funding from the Department of Health policy research programme was used in this study.There is a paucity of empirical evidence on the extent to which price and perceived benefits affect the level of participation in sports and exercise.
A Deaton, A Deaton, B Wu, BR Humphreys, C Gratton, C Mulvihill, DW Williams, EA Finkelstein, F Goldman, F Lera-López, F Lera-López, FB Gillison, GS Maddala, J Cawley, Julia Fox-Rushby, L Farrell, M Pratt, M Taks, Martin Buxton, Nana Kwame Anokye, NK Anokye, P Downward, R Sturm, SS Tai, Subhash Pokhrel, T Cox   +25 more
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Questioning policy, youth participation and lifestyle sports [PDF]

, 2014
Young people have been identified as a key target group for whom participation in sport and physical activity could have important benefits to health and wellbeing and consequently have been the focus of several government policies to increase ...
Andrew Church, Beal B., Bird W., Borden I., Boyatzis R. E., Chavez D. J., Chivers Yochim E., Church A., Cooper G., Crang M., Crosset T., Crouch D., Dougill A. J., EKOS Ltd. &, Hall Aitken &, Henwood K., Hollenhorst S., Ingham A. G., Katherine King, Lanagan D., Louv R., Marshall C., Mintel, Nichols G., O’Brien E., Riddoch C., Rinehart R. E., Rinehart R. E., Shields R., Tomlinson A., Valentine G., Ward Thompson C., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wheaton B., Wolcott H. F.   +38 more
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Can participation in sports during childhood influence physical activity in adulthood?

Motriz: Revista de Educacao Fisica, 2017
Aims: The promotion of sports participation during the early years of life is important not only because it promotes health during childhood and adolescence, but also because it has benefits in adulthood.
Santiago Maillane-Vanegas, Rafael Orbolato, Isabella Neto Exuperio, Jamile Sanches Codogno, Bruna Camilo Turi-Lynch, Dayane Cristina Queiroz, Diego G. Destro Christofaro, Everton Alex Carvalho Zanuto   +7 more
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Correlates of Regular Participation in Sports Groups among Japanese Older Adults: JAGES Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Participation in a sports group is key for the prevention of incident functional disability. Little is known about the correlates of older adults' participation in sports groups, although this could assist with the development of effective health ...
Mitsuya Yamakita, Satoru Kanamori, Naoki Kondo, Katsunori Kondo   +3 more
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Relationships Between Sports Club Participation and Health Determinants in Adolescents and Young Adults

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2022
Physical fitness is a powerful marker of health in adolescents and young adults. The purpose of this study was to measure the relationships between age, sex, body mass index, and sports club participation on physical fitness.
Alexis Barbry, Alexis Barbry, Alexis Barbry, Annie Carton, Hervé Ovigneur, Jérémy Coquart, Jérémy Coquart   +6 more
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Sports participation and psychosocial health: a longitudinal observational study in children

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background It is well known that sports participation is positively associated with psychosocial health in children, but details about this association over time are lacking.
Janet Moeijes, Jooske T. van Busschbach, Ruud J. Bosscher, Jos W. R. Twisk   +3 more
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Trends in sports participation in adolescents: Data from a large-scale sample in the US adolescents

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundAlthough changes in overall physical activity (PA) have been identified in adolescents, the trend in sports participation is still understudied.
Yu Deng, Anhui Fan
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Do objective neighbourhood characteristics relate to residents’ preferences for certain sports locations? A cross-sectional study using a discrete choice modelling approach

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background The number of sports facilities, sports clubs, or city parks in a residential neighbourhood may affect the likelihood that people participate in sports and their preferences for a certain sports location.
Ineke Deelen, Marijke Jansen, Nico J. Dogterom, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis, Dick Ettema   +4 more
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The association between childhood motor performance and developmental trajectories of sport participation over 5 years in Danish students aged 6–16-year-old

Scientific Reports, 2023
Sports participation has potential to promote physical activity in youth. Unfortunately, sports participation and physical activity may decline from childhood to adolescence and into adulthood.
Charlotte Raadkjær Lykkegaard, Helene Støttrup Andersen, Sonja Wehberg, Sinead Holden, Frans Boch Waldorff, Jens Søndergaard, Lisbeth Runge Larsen, Heidi Klakk, Niels Wedderkopp   +8 more
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