Download or read book Suboptimal Physical Activity Levels written by Candace Armstrong Koman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the United States of America's obesity epidemic has evolved into a public health crisis, interventionists must prescribe the most effective methods to arm people to fight the obesity battle. Certain ethnicities and demographic groups are suffering from disproportionate levels of higher weights and obesity compared to others. Women of color are more likely to be overweight than Caucasian (non-Hispanic) women and men of color. As interventionists employ behavior modification to encourage women to become more active, rather than assume a "one size fits all" approach, this study questions if what motivates or hinders women from working out could vary by race. Subjects took a survey asking about their physical activity habits, attitudes and opinions towards exercise and how certain aspects of life motivate or stop them from engaging in physical activity. They also answered items regarding their personal lives, such as if they are a student, if they currently work, and how many children reside with them. A MANOVA was run to detect variance and found that of the 11 motive and barrier subgroups measured, women only statistically differed in barriers based on resources and barriers based on aesthetics.
Download or read book WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Physical Activity and Health written by Adrianne E. Hardman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationships between physical activity, health and disease, and explores the benefits of exercise in the prevention and treatment of health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and cancer. The book includes tables, figures, plates and study aids throughout, and is supported by a companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415421980.
Download or read book Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease written by Peter Kokkinos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Provides accurate and well-documented information on the impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and healthy aging. This authoritative textbook examines the independent and combined impact of diet and physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, with special emphasis on the elderly populations. In this book the authors: Provide the latest data on the association between a suboptimal diet and physical inactivity and chronic disease. Examine the role of epigenetics on longevity. Discuss the fundamentals of healthy aging. Highlight the role of well-known dietary patterns such as the Mediterranean diet and the Nordic diet in favorable health outcomes, including cardiovascular, metabolic health, and healthy aging. Discuss the health outcomes of physical activity and healthy aging. Present the most recent evidence-based data on the independent and synergistic impact of diet and exercise on disease prevention and management including, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, kidney failure, cancer and other conditions. Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease: Diet, Physical Activity and Healthy Aging is an excellent textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in medical and health-related disciplines and for health professionals, including dietitians and nutritionists, exercise physiologists, athletic trainers, nurses, physicians, geriatricians, and other health professionals with a special focus in older adults. This book is also a highly useful reference for health professionals interested in introducing diet and physical activity as an intervention for healthy aging as well as the prevention and management of cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases that are prevalent in aging populations.
Download or read book Sustaining physical activity following cardiac rehabilitation discharge written by Kelly R. Evenson and published by RTI Press. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because many patients reduce exercise following outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR), we developed an intervention to assist with the transition and evaluated its feasibility and preliminary efficacy using a one-group pretest–posttest design. Five CR patients were enrolled ~1 month prior to CR discharge and provided an activity tracker. Each week during CR they received a summary of their physical activity and steps. Following CR discharge, participants received an individualized report that included their physical activity and step history, information on specific features of the activity tracker, and encouraging messages from former CR patients for each of the next 6 weeks. Mixed model trajectory analyses were used to test the intervention effect separately for active minutes and steps modeling three study phases: pre-intervention (day activity tracking began to CR discharge), intervention (day following CR discharge to day when final report sent), and maintenance (day following the final report to ~1 month later). Activity tracking was successfully deployed and, with weekly reports following CR, may offset the usual decline in physical activity. When weekly reports ceased, a decline in steps/day occurred. A scaled-up intervention with a more rigorous study design with sufficient sample size can evaluate this approach further.
Download or read book Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018 2030 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease stroke diabetes and breast and colon cancer. It also helps to prevent hypertension overweight and obesity and can improve mental health quality of life and well-being. In addition to the multiple health benefits of physical activity societies that are more active can generate additional returns on investment including a reduced use of fossil fuels cleaner air and less congested safer roads. These outcomes are interconnected with achieving the shared goals political priorities and ambition of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The new WHO global action plan to promote physical activity responds to the requests by countries for updated guidance and a framework of effective and feasible policy actions to increase physical activity at all levels. It also responds to requests for global leadership and stronger regional and national coordination and the need for a whole-of-society response to achieve a paradigm shift in both supporting and valuing all people being regularly active according to ability and across the life course. The action plan was developed through a worldwide consultation process involving governments and key stakeholders across multiple sectors including health sports transport urban design civil society academia and the private sector.
Download or read book Physical Activity for People Living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus written by Spiridoula Fillipas and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has transformed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a chronic, relatively manageable illness for those who can access medical care. Despite increased life expectancy, however, HIV remains a serious illness, as problems associated with the virus and its treatments contribute to a reduced quality of life and a significant burden of disease. Patients face issues of aging and frailty, including an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a range of metabolic, morphological and psychological problems. Physiotherapists and other health care providers have advocated for the use of exercise training interventions and increased physical activity participation in HIV infection to help manage many physical and psychological complications. However, the effects of long term physical activity in this context are largely unknown. This Thesis will aim to determine whether long term physical activity is associated with improved health outcomes for people living with HIV and will focus on clinical endpoints relevant to chronic, treated HIV infection. Increasing knowledge of patterns of physical activity behaviours in this patient group and understanding factors that may contribute to low levels of physical activity is also important. This knowledge may allow HIV health care providers to target physiotherapy referrals to those who are most likely to benefit from physical activity interventions. Specific strategies can be developed to target interventions and reduce inactivity (and the associated poorer health outcomes). The current research was undertaken in five main parts:1. Measurement of the prevalence of physical activity in an ambulatory HIV-infected population.2. Validation of a well recognised physical activity measurement tool for use in HIV-infected populations.3. A systematic evaluation of existing evidence on the effects of exercise training on morphological and metabolic outcomes in HIV-infected populations.4. Description of long term physical activity/cardiovascular fitness and an exploration of relationships between long term physical activity/cardiovascular fitness and body composition, body image and CVD risk, in HIV-infected individuals.5. Evaluation of the relationship of body composition and joint health (knee structure) in HIV-infected individuals.The description and measurement of physical activity behaviours in populations with chronic, treated HIV infection has been the subject of few studies. The proportion of HIV-infected individuals who meet physical activity recommended guidelines is also unknown. Chapter 2 measured the physical activity prevalence of an ambulatory HIV- infected population and determined the proportion of individuals meeting the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) physical activity guidelines. The majority of HIV-infected participants (73.8%) met recommended physical activity guidelines, however 1:4 participants engaged in suboptimal levels of physical activity.There is a current lack of practical and reliable physical activity measurement instruments that have been validated for clinical and research purposes in populations with HIV infection. Chapter 3 investigated the validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long form, a well recognised physical activity measurement tool. The IPAQ long form is a simple, inexpensive, easily to administer questionnaire. It has been extensively used in healthy and disease specific populations, however its application in HIV-infected populations has not previously been evaluated. There was significant correlation between physical activity measured by the IPAQ and accelerometry, however problems of over-reporting and its poor ability to identify inactive individuals are of concern.To our knowledge, a systematic review on the effects of exercise training on metabolic and morphological complications has not previously been performed. Chapter 4 represents a systematic review of published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the topic and aims to elucidate the latest evidence for the role of exercise interventions in managing these important complications of HIV and its treatment. Few RCTs were found and their quality varied. Aerobic exercise decreased adiposity and improved certain lipid subsets while progressive resistive exercise increased body weight and peripheral limb girths. A combination of both types of training did not provide additional benefits. There is a relative lack of data regarding the optimal role of long term physical activity in managing HIV-infected patients in the era of HAART. Chapter 5 aimed to improve our understanding of the relationships between long term physical activity/cardiovascular fitness and important HIV clinical outcomes. Truly evidence-based health recommendations and interventions require knowledge of the effects of sustained, habitual physical activity, as well as an understanding of the determinants of and barriers to participation in physical activity in the relevant patient population. This data will facilitate optimal prescription of physical activity and assist in the future development of evidence-based physical activity guidelines for this group. An improved ability to target patients who could benefit most from physiotherapy intervention has also been achieved. Both physical activity and cardiovascular fitness did not change substantially over one year; however a suboptimal level of physical activity participation was identified. Cardiovascular fitness was associated with improved body composition, while improving physical activity levels were associated with improved perceived body image. Despite convincing evidence that physical activity and cardiovascular fitness are associated with reduced CVD risk in the general population, our findings were inconclusive. Finally, being in a permanent relationship was correlated with higher levels of physical activity. The problem of obesity is increasing in the HIV setting and it is a well recognized risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA) in the general population. It is plausible that the morphological complications discussed in Chapter 4, particularly recent problems of obesity, overweight and central fat accumulation observed in HIV- infected individuals may also result in an increased incidence of OA. A rising prevalence of bone health issues, including osteopenia and osteoporosis in the HIV-infected population has recently been observed. Chapter 6 explored a cross sectional sample of HIV-infected individuals and looked at the relationship between body composition and knee structure abnormalities. Total body and android fat mass were inversely related to average knee cartilage volume in ambulant, HAART-treated HIV-infected adults. This Chapter discusses these findings as novel implications for musculoskeletal health of chronic, treated HIV infection. This Thesis examined the relationships between long term physical activity/cardiovascular fitness and important HAART-related complications over a one year period. It defined the prevalence of long term physical activity in a local cohort of HIV-infected individuals and validated a well recognised physical activity measurement instrument. Existing RCTs on the effects of exercise training on metabolic and morphological complications were systematically reviewed and the risk of OA in this population is discussed after a novel finding. This Thesis contributed to an increased understanding of the plausible role of both physical activity and exercise training in the optimal management of chronic, treated HIV infection. It has also identified priority areas for future study in this area.
Download or read book Preventive Cardiology A Practical Approach Second Edition written by Nathan D. Wong and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY is the premier source of clinically relevant information on the prevention of coronary heart disease. Thoroughly updated by international experts, the book discusses screening, risk factors, prevention in special populations, and primary and secondary prevention in the context of the daily practice of medicine. PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY is a "must have" for cardiologists and primary care physicians. Review of the first edition: "Excellent...Structured in a way that invites the reader to use it as a comprehensive reference...The combination of theory and guidelines with a practical approach to the patient at risk for cardiovascular diseases is a strength." The New England Journal of Medicine
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Integrated Role of Nutrition and Physical Activity for Lifelong Health written by Karsten Koehler and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As computer and space technologies have been developed, geoscience information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) technologies, which deal with the geospatial information, have been rapidly maturing. Moreover, over the last few decades, machine learning techniques including artificial neural network (ANN), deep learning, decision tree, and support vector machine (SVM) have been successfully applied to geospatial science and engineering research fields. The machine learning techniques have been widely applied to GIS and RS research fields and have recently produced valuable results in the areas of geoscience, environment, natural hazards, and natural resources. This book is a collection representing novel contributions detailing machine learning techniques as applied to geoscience information systems and remote sensing.
Download or read book Exercise in Pediatric Medicine written by Tim Takken and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
Download or read book Physical Activity and Cancer written by Kerry S. Courneya and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores in depth the relation between physical activity and cancer control, including primary prevention, coping with treatments, recovery after treatments, long-term survivorship, secondary prevention, and survival. The first part of the book presents the most recent research on the impact of physical activity in preventing a range of cancers. In the second part, the association between physical activity and cancer survivorship is addressed. The effects of physical activity on supportive care endpoints (e.g., quality of life, fatigue, physical functioning) and disease endpoints (e.g., biomarkers, recurrence, survival) are carefully analyzed. In addition, the determinants of physical activity in cancer survivors are discussed, and behavior change strategies for increasing physical activity in cancer survivors are appraised. The final part of the book is devoted to special topics, including the relation of physical activity to pediatric cancer survivorship and to palliative cancer care.
Download or read book 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans provides science-based guidance to help Americans aged 6 and older improve their health through appropriate physical activity. The primary audiences for the Physical Activity Guidelines are policymakers and health professionals.
Download or read book Physical Activity as a Natural Cure for Non Communicable Diseases written by Bojan Masanovic and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern way of life is, to a large extent, connected with a number of problems that occur in the field of public health, and non-communicable diseases are one of them. It is well-know that non-communicable diseases are chronic diseases that tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioral factors. The main types of non-communicable diseases are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, while the main risk factors are modifiable behavioral risk factors (such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and the harmful use of alcohol) and metabolic risk factors (such as raised blood pressure, overweight/obesity, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia). According to WHO data, non-communicable diseases kill more than 40 million people each year, which is equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally. It is also true that more than 15 million people die each year from non-communicable diseases between the ages of 30 and 69 years. According to the same source, other cardiovascular diseases account for most non-communicable deaths annually (about 17.9 million people), but deaths caused by cancers (about 9.3 million), respiratory diseases (about 4.1 million), and diabetes (about 1.5 million) are not far away. This indicates the need for further focus on this very important social issue in the 21st century, also to be address as part of the United Nations 2030 agenda. Although ancient physicians, including those from China and Ancient Greece, believed in the value of physical activity for health, a diametrically opposite view has prevailed instead by the twentieth century. Since the first rigorous, epidemiologic studies investigating physical inactivity and chronic disease risk has been conducted in the last century, a large body of evidence has clearly documented the many health benefits of physical activity; however, a large proportion of the world’s population remains physically inactive. For this reason, this Research Topic aims to continue developing knowledge of the effects of physical (in)activity on major non-communicable diseases, and a better understanding of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioral factors which are convincingly related.
Download or read book Lifestyle Medicine Second Edition written by James M. Rippe and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 1633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no doubt that daily habits and actions exert a profound health impact. The fact that nutritional practices, level of physical activity, weight management, and other behaviors play key roles both in the prevention and treatment of most metabolic diseases has been recognized by their incorporation into virtually every evidence-based medical guideline. Despite this widespread recognition, physicians and other healthcare workers often cannot find a definitive and comprehensive source of information on all of these areas. Designed for physicians and other health care workers, Lifestyle Medicine, Second Edition brings together evidence-based research in multiple health-related fields to assist practitioners both in treating disease and promoting good health. Sections cover nutrition and exercise, behavioral psychology, public policy, and management of a range of disorders, including cardiovascular disease, endocrine and metabolic dysfunction, obesity, cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, pulmonary disorders, and many more.
Download or read book Incorporating Weight Management and Physical Activity Throughout the Cancer Care Continuum written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public workshop, Incorporating Weight Management and Physical Activity Throughout the Cancer Care Continuum, on February 13 and 14, 2017, in Washington, DC. The purpose of this workshop was to highlight the current evidence base, gaps in knowledge, and research needs on the associations among obesity, physical activity, weight management, and health outcomes for cancer survivors, as well as to examine the effectiveness of interventions for promoting physical activity and weight management among people living with or beyond cancer. Workshop sessions also reviewed the opportunities and challenges for providing weight management and physical activity interventions to cancer survivors. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Download or read book ACSM s Exercise for Older Adults written by Wojtek J. Chodzko-Zajko and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2014 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "ACSM's Exercise for Older Adults is a new book designed to help health and fitness professionals guide their older clients to appropriate exercise programs"--Provided by publisher.
