INTRODUCTION Exercise is Medicine™ (EIM) is an approach to clinic-based physical activity (PA) promotion. Study aims were to 1) assess the acceptability of current EIM protocols among healthcare providers (providers) and health and fitness professionals (fitness professionals); and 2) pilot test the resultant modified EIM protocols comparing patients referred to community PA programming with pa...

Available large-scale prospective studies on adiposity and asthma used body mass index as an indicator of adiposity.1 Studies involving more accurate measures of adiposity, such as body fat percentage (BF%), are needed to confirm or contrast body mass index related results. Cardiorepiratory fitness is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality,2 and the available literature suggests that mod...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Several studies have demonstrated that physical fitness in childhood and adolescence is related to cardiovascular risk in adulthood. Current data on the physical fitness of Spanish adolescents are not available. Therefore, the aims of this study were: a) to assess the physical fitness of Spanish adolescents and establish reference values for use in health and educati...

Introduction Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) effects bone health, muscle strength, physical fitness and well-being in children and adolescent. Due to biological medical treatment there is increased outcome of the disease with less flares and arthritis. Impaired bone health, muscle strength and decreased well-being have been reported in this group. There is evidence for intervention studies ...

With the continuous development of social economy and standard of living, people are placing more and more emphasize on the health problem. Moreover, the idea that health can not be brought is filtering into people's minds, which influences people's life style, making people's interests to the health issue. This provides a stage to the health club which is operated for profits. Varieties of fit...

OBJECTIVES In Finland, testing cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) is popular in health promotion programs and work ability evaluations. The most common instruments used for this purpose are the submaximal cycle ergometer test, and the 2-km walking test. However, limited data exist on the associations between VO2max and wellbeing in working age adults. The aim of the study was to evaluate how th...

Feb. 16, 2011 — Intel Corporation gave its employees the opportunity to improve their health by participating in a 14-week corporate wellness pilot program using high-tech fitness equipment from Core Performance* powered by Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processors. In conjunction with personal trainers, study participants exercised on CPro* strength and cardio equipment that prescribes the perfect workou...

Objectives: In Finland, testing cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max) is popular in health promotion programs and work ability evaluations. The most common instruments used for this purpose are the submaximal cycle ergometer test, and the 2-km walking test. However, limited data exist on the associations between VO2max and wellbeing in working age adults. The aim of the study was to evaluate how t...