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Leisure-time physical activity in university students from 23 countries: associations with health beliefs, risk awareness, and national economic development.
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Leisure-time physical activity is below recommended levels in a substantial proportion of students, and is related to cultural factors and stage of national economic development.About:
This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2004-07-01. It has received 416 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Developing country & European union.read more
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Worldwide Variability in Physical Inactivity : A 51-Country Survey
TL;DR: Overall, about 15% of men and 20% of women from the 51 countries analyzed here are at risk for chronic diseases due to physical inactivity, and there were substantial variations across countries and settings.
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Website-delivered physical activity interventions a review of the literature /
TL;DR: A little over half of the controlled trials of website-delivered physical activity interventions have reported positive behavioral outcomes, however, intervention effects were short lived, and there was limited evidence of maintenance of physical activity changes.
Compliance with physical activity guidelines : prevalence in a population of children and youth
Russell R. Pate,Patty S. Freedson,James F. Sallis,Wendell C. Taylor,John R. Sirard,Stewart G. Trost,Marsha Dowda +6 more
TL;DR: Objective monitoring of physical activity in youth appears to be feasible and may provide more accurate prevalence rates than self-report measures.
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The relationship between life satisfaction and health behavior: a cross-cultural analysis of young adults.
TL;DR: The association between life satisfaction and health-promoting behavior is likely to be bidirectional, but may partly account for the relationship between positive states and good health.
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Sleep duration and health in young adults.
TL;DR: The data suggest that short sleep may be more of a concern than long sleep in young adults, and there were no significant associations between self-rated health and long sleep duration.
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Physical Activity And Health: A Report Of The Surgeon General
TL;DR: This report is the first report of the Surgeon General on physical activity and health, and strong evidence is shown to indicate that regular physical activity will provide clear and substantial health gains.
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Healthy People 2010.
TL;DR: These objectives and their associated baseline data and targets for the year 2010 are presented and members of the MCH community are encouraged to review and comment on these objectives during the public comment period.
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ACSM Position Stand: The Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory and Muscular Fitness, and Flexibility in Healthy Adults
Michael L. Pollock,Glenn A. Gaesser,Janus D. Butcher,Jean-Pierre Després,Rod K. Dishman,Barry A. Franklin,Carol Ewing Garber +6 more
TL;DR: The combination of frequency, intensity, and duration of exercise is found to be the most important factor in determining the intensity and quality of exercise a person receives.
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Correlates of adults' participation in physical activity: review and update.
TL;DR: There remains a need to better understand environmental influences and the factors that influence different types of PA and longitudinal and intervention studies will be required if causal relationships are to be inferred.
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A descriptive model of the cigarette epidemic in developed countries
TL;DR: From the model it is clear that, during certain periods of evolution of this epidemic, it is to be expected that smoking-attributable mortality will rise at the same time that smoking prevalence might be decreasing.