Background: Promoting physical activity is a public health priority, and changes in the
environmental contexts of adults' activity choices are believed to be crucial. However, of the …

OBJECTIVES: This study reviewed previous studies to explore the effect of season, and
consequently weather, on levels of physical activity. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Thirty …

Purpose To examine sources of variance in objective measures of physical activity in a
group of healthy adults (N= 92) participating in a physical activity measurement study …

Background: The purpose of this study was to collect and analyze the available scientific
evidence of the impact of seasonality on physical activity (PA). PA refers to walking, biking …

Background: High sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of acute inflammation
recently recognized as an independent predictor of future cardiovascular disease and …

Habitual physical activity is an important determinant of health, yet many people are
considered to be inactive. Identification of the obstacles to greater participation is necessary …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women …

Background: Participating in regular physical activity is an important part of healthy aging.
There is an increased risk for inactivity associated with aging and the risk becomes greater …

Purpose A" J"-shaped model has been proposed to describe the relationship between
physical activity and risk of upper-respiratory tract infection (URTI). However, little …

Purpose The purpose of this investigation was 1) to evaluate agreement between dual-
mode CSA accelerometer outputs and Yamax pedometer outputs assessed concurrently …