Background The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.9 million deaths
worldwide are attributable to physical inactivity and at least 2.6 million deaths are a result of …

OBJECTIVE.: Little is known regarding health-related quality of life and its relation with
physical activity level in the general population. Our primary objective was to systematically …

Increasing obesity levels are currently big news but do we think carefully enough about what
this trend actually means? Everybody–including doctors, parents, teachers, sports clubs …

An increasing body of evidence suggests that moderate forms of physical activity (such as
walking and bicycling), when engaged in regularly, can have important beneficial effects on …

Background Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower
adiposity, improved cardio‐metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than …

Background Whether national physical activity recommendations are related to mortality
benefit is incompletely understood. Methods We prospectively examined physical activity …

Objetivo Determinar la asociación de las conductas sedentarias y falta de actividad física en
adolescente con características de la familia y/o aspectos sociodemográficos. De manera …

While considerable attention has been paid to the public-health-related impacts of air
pollution, relatively little research has been done to understand how other aspects of the …

Obesity is reaching alarming proportions. In this insightful new approach to understanding
why this is happening, acclaimed mood scientist Robert Thayer offers a new appreciation of …

Increases in per capita vehicle usage and associated emissions have spawned an
increased examination of the ways in which our communities and regions are developing …