Walkability of local communities: using geographic information systems to objectively assess relevant environmental attributes

E Leslie, N Coffee, L Frank, N Owen, A Bauman… - Health & place, 2007 - Elsevier
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be used to objectively measure features of the
built environment that may influence adults' physical activity, which is an important …

Low-volume interval training improves muscle oxidative capacity in sedentary adults.

MS Hood, JP Little, MA Tarnopolsky… - Medicine and science …, 2011 - europepmc.org
Methods Seven sedentary but otherwise healthy individuals (three women) with a mean±SD
age, body mass index, and peak oxygen uptake (VO (2peak)) of 45±5 yr, 27±5 kg· m (-2) …

Exercise and cardiovascular risk in patients with hypertension

JE Sharman, A La Gerche… - American journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Evidence for the benefits of regular exercise is irrefutable and increasing physical activity
levels should be a major goal at all levels of health care. People with hypertension are less …

Gender differences in leisure-time physical activity

MR Azevedo, CLP Araújo, FF Reichert… - International journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Objectives: To explore the association between gender and leisure-time physical activity in a
population-based sample of adults living in Brazil. To study a variety of variables possibly …

Personality correlates of physical activity: a review and meta-analysis

RE Rhodes, NEI Smith - British journal of sports medicine, 2006 - bjsm.bmj.com
This review aimed to combine the literature on major personality traits and physical activity
alongside providing some meta-analytic summaries of the findings. Overall, 33 studies …

Leisure-time physical activity in university students from 23 countries: associations with health beliefs, risk awareness, and national economic development

A Haase, A Steptoe, JF Sallis, J Wardle - Preventive medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Background. Physical inactivity has been linked with chronic disease and obesity in most
western populations. However, prevalence of inactivity, health beliefs, and knowledge of the …

[图书][B] Ageing, corporeality and embodiment

C Gilleard, P Higgs - 2014 - books.google.com
'Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment'outlines and develops an argument about the
emergence of a 'new ageing'during the second half of the twentieth century and its …

The effect of acute aerobic exercise on positive activated affect: A meta-analysis

J Reed, DS Ones - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the effect of acute aerobic
exercise on self-reported positive-activated affect (PAA). Samples from 158 studies from …

Individual characteristics and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review

N Notthoff, P Reisch, D Gerstorf - Gerontology, 2017 - karger.com
Background: People aged 50 years and older are regularly identified as the most sedentary
group in the population. However, even within this group, there are considerable …

Acute affective response to a moderate-intensity exercise stimulus predicts physical activity participation 6 and 12 months later

DM Williams, S Dunsiger, JT Ciccolo, BA Lewis… - Psychology of sport and …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Examine the relationship between acute affective responses during a
moderate-intensity exercise stimulus and future physical activity participation. DESIGN …