encouragement to be more physically active or to lessen sedentary behavior; are these two as the same?

Are These Two Versions the Same ? Functional

Same Decisions Are More Probable to Be Correct

Bias in perceptual decisions comes to pass when the advance knowledge colluded with the current sensory evidence in support of the final choice. The literature on decision making suggests two main hypotheses to account for this kind of bias: internal bias signals are derived from (a) the residual of motor response-related signals, and (b) the sensory information residues of the decisions that w...

The Intention to be Physically Active in Sedentary Obese Children: A Longitudinal Study

Obese children are usually less active than their normal-weight counterparts, although the reasons for this remain unclear. The objective of the present study was to determine how a long-term program (3 years of intervention and 6 months of follow-up detraining) of physical exercise with or without a low calorie diet influenced sedentary obese children's intention to be physically active. The p...

Concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum: two manifestations of the same disease or the same spectrum?

Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum are rarely seen together. Herein, we report a case of concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum and review previous cases.

Getting England to be more physically active: are the Public Health Responsibility Deal’s physical activity pledges the answer?

BACKGROUND The Public Health Responsibility Deal (RD) in England is a public-private partnership involving voluntary pledges between government, industry, and other organisations to improve public health by addressing alcohol, food, health at work, and physical activity. This paper analyses the RD physical activity (PA) pledges in terms of the evidence of their potential effectiveness, and the ...

Are Self-report Measures Able to Define Individuals as Physically Active or Inactive?

PURPOSE Assess the agreement between commonly used self-report methods compared with objectively measured physical activity (PA) in defining the prevalence of individuals compliant with PA recommendations. METHODS Time spent in moderate and vigorous PA (MVPA) was measured at two time points in 1713 healthy individuals from nine European countries using individually calibrated combined heart r...