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Eight Novice PHE Teachers' Perceptions of Engaging Adolescent Girls in Their Classrooms
(2014-10-01)
This qualitative study aimed to understand how new secondary school teachers (in years 0-5) approach the teaching of adolescent females in their physical education classes. As there is a significantly greater decline in ...
Associations Between Pregnancy-Related Complications, Work and Non-Work Physical Activity and Elevated Blood Pressure in Female Hospital Employees
(2015-04-14)
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Objectives: To determine whether work and non-work physical activity (PA) modifies the relationship between pregnancy-related complications and future increased blood pressure (BP) in adult working women. ...
Can sedentary time attenuate the acute effect of exercise on insulin action?
(2014-08-21)
Impaired insulin action predicts the development of type 2 diabetes. Evidence is growing that sedentary time (SED) is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality, independent of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) ...
Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep: associations with cardiometabolic risk in abdominally obese men and women
(2011-05-18)
Current guidelines suggest that physical activity must be performed at a moderate-to-vigorous intensity (MVPA) and accumulated in bouts of at least 10 consecutive minutes to elicit improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness ...
Associations between dietary intake, physical activity and intrahepatic fat.
(2014-09-27)
Excess accumulation of intrahepatic fat (IHF) is directly involved in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and dyslipidemia, which are risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. To our knowledge, no ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF WEEKLY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ACCUMULATION AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN CANADIAN ADULTS
(2013-07-12)
Total weekly moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) accumulated in different patterns has not been well studied: it is not yet known whether sporadic MVPA (periods of <10 consecutive minutes) or whether the weekly frequency of MVPA ...
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS, AND ABDOMINAL OBESITY WITH CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS IN INACTIVE OBESE WOMEN
(2013-07-23)
Over the past several decades abdominal obesity and physical inactivity have increased at an alarming pace. Since both are related to adverse health risk it is important to determine their independent influence. It is well ...
Effects of Pregnancy and Physical Activity on Angiogenesis and Endothelial Function: Implications for the Development of Preeclampsia
(2009-06-22)
Prospective epidemiological studies indicate that regular exercise during the year prior to conception reduces preeclampsia risk, whereas exercise during affects pregnancy reduces preeclampsia risk only at specific dosages, ...
4 Minutes of In-Class High-Intensity Interval Activity Improves Classroom Behaviour and Selective Attention in Elementary School Children
(2014-07-31)
The inclusion of adequate physical activity time within schools is difficult when curriculum time is already saturated with a focus on skills that improve academic achievement. Time-efficient physical activity solutions ...
For the Community, By the Community: Working with Youth to Develop a Physical Activity Environment Assessment Tool for First Nations Communities
(2014-10-16)
Introduction: Several studies have demonstrated the benefits of physical activity (PA) for First Nations youth (Critchley et al., 2006; Tighe & McKay, 2012). It is also well-known that environmental factors like land-use ...