OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of the practice of leisure-time physical activity in older adults and to analyze its association with environment perception. METHODS Cross-sectional population study conducted from September 2009 to June 2010 with 1.656 individuals aged 60 years or older, living in the urban zone of the city of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. Leisure-time physical activit...

INTRODUCTION The practice of physical activity is an important factor in the prevention of health problems. However, a small portion of the population is physically active. Recent reviews show that physical activity classes in community settings have the potential to increase population levels of physical activity and reduce health inequalities. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of the Academi...

OBJECTIVES The aim was to investigate which individual, psychosocial and physical neighborhood environmental factors associate with children's switch to or maintenance of active/passive transport to school and to leisure time destinations during the transition from primary to secondary school. METHODS Children (n = 313) filled out a questionnaire in the last year of primary school and 2 years...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between heart rate variability (HRV) parameters with leisure time and commuting physical activities in adolescent boys. METHODS The sample included 1152 male adolescents aged 14 to 19 years. The variation of consecutive heart beats (RR intervals) was assessed and HRV parameters in time (SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50) and frequency domains (LF/HF) were calculated....

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The aim of the present paper is to examine the incorporation of young people in the process of socialization in Greece during the first years of the 21 century. Based on models of leisure that is, non-working and non-educating time, will underline the contrast between leisure and working time. Whereas working time is considered as regulated by mechanisms of social control, leisure is considered...

BACKGROUND Current epidemiological data highlight the potential detrimental associations between sedentary behaviours and health outcomes, yet little is known about temporal trends in adult sedentary time. This study used time use data to examine population trends in sedentary behaviours in non-occupational domains and more specifically during leisure time. METHODS We conducted secondary anal...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the level of physical activity of older adults by commuting and leisure time and associated factors. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study carried out with a population-based sample of 319 older individuals in Maceió, AL, Northeastern Brazil, in 2009. The level of physical activity in leisure and commuting was measured by applying the International Physical Activity Q...

background: reduced level of physical activity, as an important problem of urbanization and industrial development, has a considerable impact on the population morbidity and mortality. the rate of inactivity has been reported to be 60-85% in adults worldwide. considering the importance of physical activity among youth, the aim of this study was to evaluate the physical activity among university...

BACKGROUND There are plausible mechanisms whereby leisure time physical activity may protect against low back pain (LBP) but there have been no quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the subject. OBJECTIVE This review aims to assess the effect of leisure time physical activity on non-specific LBP. METHODS Literature searches were conducted in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus ...