Birth order and participation in dangerous sports.

Birth order and preference for dangerous sports among males.

The Role of Mass Media in the Development of Private Sector Participation in Sports

In the present research, the role of the mass media in the development of private sector participation in Mazandaran Province sports was studied. For this purpose, a sample of 130 individuals consisting of sports experts and managers and media executives participated in the survey. In the poll process, a researcher-made questionnaire was utilized after its content validity was confirmed by a nu...

Birth Weight, School Sports Ability, and Adulthood Leisure-Time Physical Activity

PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the associations of birth weight with ability in school sports in adolescence and participation in leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) across adulthood and to investigate whether associations between birth weight and LTPA change with age. METHODS Study participants were British singletons born in 1946 and followed up to age 68 yr (the Medical Research Cou...

Infant Motor Development Predicts Sports Participation at Age 14 Years: Northern Finland Birth Cohort of 1966

BACKGROUND Motor proficiency is positively associated with physical activity levels. The aim of this study is to investigate associations between the timing of infant motor development and subsequent sports participation during adolescence. METHODS Prospective observational study. The study population consisted of 9,009 individuals from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966. Motor developmen...

Availability of high school extracurricular sports programs and high-risk behaviors.

BACKGROUND The Surgeon General has called for an expansion of school-based extracurricular sports programs to address the obesity epidemic. However, little is known about the availability of and participation in high school extracurricular sports and how participation in these sports is related to high-risk behaviors. METHODS We surveyed Los Angeles County public high schools in 2002 to deter...