Background and Aim: Mindfulness training can be an effective strategy to optimize lifestyle behaviors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a worksite mindfulness-based multi-component intervention on vigorous physical activity in leisure time and sedentary behavior at work.
Methods: In a randomized controlled trial design (n=257), 129 ...
Purpose: Most studies of neighbourhood features examine singular neighbourhood attributes, which may pattern in different ways. This study aimed to identify typologies of neighbourhood attributes and their associations with physical activity among children.
Methods: The homes of 808 children aged 5-6 and 10-12 years were mapped in a Geographic Information System. ...
Abstract: Active commuting to school (ACS) is an important source of physical activity for young people and may be helpful in fighting the obesity epidemic. However, children are subject to their parents restrictions and are not totally independent when choosing their active behaviors. The aim of this study is to ...
Objectives: To determine the amount of time children play outdoors and examine associations with weekday, weekend and after-school physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and weight-status (normal-weight, overweight/obese).
Methods: Data were extracted from Project BEAT (Toronto, 2010–2011; www.beat.utoronto.ca). Children's (n = 856; mean age = 11 ± 0.6 years) PA and SB were ...
Background: Occupational sedentary behaviour is an important contributor to overall sedentary risk. There is limited evidence for effective workplace interventions to reduce occupational sedentary time and increase light activity during work hours. The purpose of the study was to determine if participatory workplace interventions could reduce total sedentary time, sustained ...
Background: Occupational sedentary behaviour is an important contributor to overall sedentary risk. There is limited evidence for effective workplace interventions to reduce occupational sedentary time and increase light activity during work hours. The purpose of the study was to determine if participatory workplace interventions could reduce total sedentary time, sustained ...
Purpose To investigate gender, race/ethnicity, education and income as moderators of relations of perceived neighborhood crime, pedestrian, and traffic safety to physical activity.
Methods Participants were from two samples: adults (N = 2199, ages 25-65 years) and older adults (N = 718, ages 66 + years) from high- and low-walkable neighborhoods in the Washington, DC ...
Purpose There is considerable debate about the possibility of physical activity compensation. This study examined whether increased levels in physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour on one day were predictive of lower levels in these behaviours on the following day (compensatory mechanisms) among children.
Methods Two hundred and forty-eight children (121 ...
Background
Previous research has reported peak vertical acceleration and peak loading rate thresholds beneficial to bone mineral density (BMD). Such thresholds are difficult to translate into meaningful recommendations for physical activity. Cadence (steps/min) is a more readily interpretable measure of ambulatory activity.
Objective
To examine relationships between cadence, peak ...
Background Young children are at risk of not meeting physical activity recommendations. Identifying factors from the first year of life which influence toddlers' physical activity levels may help to develop targeted intervention strategies. The purpose of this study was to examine early childhood predictors of toddlers' physical activity across the ...