BACKGROUND Most children in the United States receive far less physical activity (PA) than is optimal. In rural, under resourced areas of Appalachian Kentucky, physical inactivity rates are significantly higher than national levels. We sought to understand children's perceptions of PA, with the goal of developing culturally appropriate programming to increase PA. METHODS During 11 focus group...

purpose the purpose of this study was to examine the differences in physical fitness, physical activity, and sedentary activities among 7 to 11 year old boys with varying body mass index in ardabil, iran. methods the sample consisted of 766 boys who participated in eight weight bearing (1 mile walk/run, sit ups, standing long jump, vertical jump, shuttle run 4 × 10 m, 30-meter sprint, pull ups,...

 Measure the amount of physical effort, safety, and independence a person demonstrates while doing ADL tasks  Test a person in the context of doing familiar and client-selected personal or instrumental ADL tasks (more than 120 task choices)  Score the quality of 16 ADL motor performance skills and 20 ADL process performance skills  Print computer-generated reports that facilitate occupa...

This study aimed to determine whether associations between the perceived environment and physical activity are moderated by urban-rural status among midolder aged adults. Environmental (safety, aesthetics, physical activity environment) and physical activity (total, leisure, transport) data from 3,888 adults (55 to 65 years) from urban and rural areas of Victoria, Australia, were analyzed. Mult...

BACKGROUND During the past decade many studies have endeavored to evaluate the relationships between environmental attributes and physical activity, but there is limited data on this subject in Taiwan. This is the first study to investigate both objective and subjective environments in relation to different levels of physical activity in adults in Tainan, Taiwan. METHODS A 2-stage survey exam...

OBJECTIVE To assess the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and TPB with functional ability to explain intention and self-reported physical activity (PA) behavior of older adults. METHODS A survey was mailed to 2056 retirees from a large Midwestern university. RESULTS Structural equation modeling revealed that the TPB plus functional ability explained an additional 11% variance than the TPB al...