How to assess physical activity? How to assess physical fitness?

L Vanhees, J Lefevre, R Philippaerts… - European Journal …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Regular aerobic physical activity (PA) increases exercise capacity and physical fitness (PF),
which can lead to many health benefits. Accurate quantification of PA and PF becomes …

Physical activity over the life course and its association with cognitive performance and impairment in old age

LE Middleton, DE Barnes, LY Lui… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: To determine how physical activity at various ages over the life course is
associated with cognitive impairment in late life. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. SETTING …

[PDF][PDF] Revisión estructurada de los cuestionarios y escalas que miden la actividad física en los adultos mayores y ancianos

JA Guirao-Goris, J Cabrero-García… - Gaceta …, 2009 - SciELO Public Health
Objetivo: Conocer los diferentes cuestionarios y escalas que miden la actividad física,
atendiendo a sus diferentes aspectos conceptuales, propiedades psicométricas y normas …

Associations between long-term physical activity, waist circumference and weight gain: a 30-year longitudinal twin study

K Waller, J Kaprio, UM Kujala - International journal of obesity, 2008 - nature.com
Main outcome measures: Waist circumference at 30-year follow-up (2005) and change in
weight from 1975 to 2005. Results: In the 42 twin pairs discordant for physical activity at all …

Changes in weight and body composition in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer

MJ Nissen, A Shapiro, KK Swenson - Clinical breast cancer, 2011 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aimed to identify predictors of changes in weight and body composition
among women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. Patients and Methods Data were …

A escola, a educação física ea promoção de estilos de vida activa e saudável: estudo de um caso

APC Marques - 2010 - repository.utl.pt
Objectivo: Conhecer o que a escola e a disciplina de Educação Física (EF) estão a fazer
para promoverem estilos de vida activos e saudáveis. Caracterizar os alunos de acordo …

Height, body mass index, and physical activity in relation to glioma risk

SC Moore, P Rajaraman, R Dubrow, AS Darefsky… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Whether energy balance during early life and/or adulthood is related to glioma risk is
unknown. We therefore investigated height, body mass index (BMI), and physical activity in …

Physical activity and risk of hot flashes among women in midlife

BW Whitcomb, MK Whiteman… - Journal of Women's …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Objective: Hot flashes commonly affect women during menopause and are among the
primary menopausal complaints for which women seek medical treatment. Recent evidence …

Aerobic exercise training partially reverses the impairment of Nrf2 activation in older humans

EL Ostrom, T Traustadóttir - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), is an inducible transcription factor that
improves redox balance through stimulating antioxidant gene expression. In older humans …

Body mass index and physical activity at different ages and risk of multiple myeloma in the NIH-AARP diet and health study

JN Hofmann, SC Moore, U Lim, Y Park… - American journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Several studies have reported an increased risk of multiple myeloma associated with excess
body weight. We investigated the risk of multiple myeloma in relation to separate measures …