This commentary argues that an integrated study of leisure, physical activity and health is necessary for preparing professionals for diverse careers in the broad field known as health promotion. Contemporary perspectives of health and leisure share many common features (Wankel, 1994). It is impossible to study leisure in any comprehensive way without addressing the nature of health and well-be...

INTRODUCTION Internet use has become an increasingly common leisure time activity among Chinese citizens. The association between Internet use and engagement in leisure activities is especially unclear among China population. This study aims to investigate Internet usage and to determine whether active Internet use is a marker for low or high levels of leisure time activities. METHODS/PRINCIP...

OBJECTIVE To compare leisure activities and associated factors in a group with recent onset RA and matched community derived controls, to examine whether leisure activities are altered during the early years of disease and to seek predictors. METHODS One hundred and forty-seven consecutive persons with early RA were followed for 0.9-5.9 yr. One hundred and forty-four RA patients were compared...

BACKGROUND While considerable attention has been given to quantifying leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among subpopulations, less attention has focused on the perception of the experience as leisure. The current study describes the prevalence of leisure-like experiences during LTPA among college students. We describe the social contexts and activity settings that contribute to participant ...

The aim is to develop an application which will provide the functionality to manage regular operations of the residential apartments. The main objective of the project is to develop the application software for the different apartments which will be useful for all of them. Working efforts of the members and the managing body of the apartment will be reduced to maintain the society. It mainly su...

The aim is to develop an application which will provide the functionality to manage regular operations of the residential apartments. The main objective of the project is to develop the application software for the different apartments which will be useful for all of them. Working efforts of the members and the managing body of the apartment will be reduced to maintain the society. It mainly su...

Do behavioral biases a ect prices in a high-stake market? We study the role of leftdigit bias in the purchase of an apartment, one of the most important assets in a household’s portfolio. Left-digit bias is the inability to fully process digits after the rst, perceiving prices just below a round number (such as $3.99) as cheaper than their round counterpart ($4). We start by documenting that ap...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to further elucidate the biobehavioral mechanisms linking dementia caregiving with an increased cardiovascular disease risk. We hypothesized that both elevated depressive symptoms and a behavioral correlate of depression, low leisure satisfaction, are associated with systemic inflammation. METHOD We studied 121 elderly Alzheimer's disease caregivers who underwent 4...

This paper develops a neoclassical growth model with leisure externalities. Ignoring positive (negative) leisure externalities leads to equilibrium consumption, labor and capital that are too high (low) and leisure that is too low (high). The government should tax (subsidize) labor income according to whether the leisure externality is positive or negative. The level of this tax (subsidy) depen...

Aims. The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of leisure-time physical activity on undetected prediabetes. Methods. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2012 were used in our analyses. Logistic regression was conducted to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of prediabetes associated with leisure-time physical activity. Res...