Physical activity and body image perception in adolescents: a systematic review

E Gualdi-Russo, N Rinaldo, L Zaccagni - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adolescence represents a vulnerable phase of life for psychological health. The practice of
physical activity (PA) appears to have a positive influence on adolescents, increasing self …

The impact of sports involvement on body image perception and ideals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Zaccagni, E Gualdi-Russo - International journal of environmental …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Concerns about body image may affect athletes, mainly because of specific sports models to
achieve successful performance. This systematic review reports on body image …

Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries

M O'hearn, L Lara-Castor, F Cudhea, V Miller… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The global burden of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not well established. This risk
assessment model estimated T2D incidence among adults attributable to direct and body …

Epidemiology of obesity

TIA Sørensen, AR Martinez, TSH Jørgensen - From Obesity to Diabetes, 2022 - Springer
Obesity is in theory defined on the basis of the excess health risk caused by adiposity
exceeding the size normally found in the population, but for practical reasons, the World …

The use of neurofeedback in sports training: systematic review

Ł Rydzik, W Wąsacz, T Ambroży, N Javdaneh… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biofeedback training is a method commonly used in various fields of life, for example, in
medicine, sports training or business. In recent studies, it has been shown that biofeedback …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children …

NH Phelps, RK Singleton, B Zhou, RA Heap, A Mishra… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes
throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] The global burden of overweight-obesity and its association with economic status, benefiting from STEPs survey of WHO member states: A meta-analysis

ANMS Islam, H Sultana, MNH Refat, Z Farhana… - Preventive Medicine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction The World Health Organization (WHO) 2030 agenda for Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs target 3.4) identifies non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a …

Emergence of the obesity epidemic preceding the presumed obesogenic transformation of the society

MM Pedersen, CT Ekstrøm, TIA Sørensen - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
The obesity epidemic, evolving in many countries since the 1970s, has been attributed to the
widespread contemporary so-called obesogenic transformation of the societies, but what …

Physical activity for health and wellness

E Gualdi-Russo, L Zaccagni - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Regular physical activity (PA) is both a preventive measure and a cure for
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Moreover, PA improves mental health, quality of life …

Classroom-based physical activity as a means to improve self-efficacy and academic achievement among Normal-weight and overweight youth

F Latino, F Tafuri, E Saraiello, D Tafuri - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although physical activity has positive physical and mental health outcomes, particularly
among adolescents, a significant percentage of young people maintain a largely sedentary …