Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2012
Cross-sectional associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting, physical activity and obesity in working adults.
To examine associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting, physical activity and obesity in working adults. ⋯ Sitting time and physical activity are independently associated with obesity. Leisure-time sitting may have a stronger association with obesity risk than occupational sitting.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2012
Multilevel predictors of smoking initiation among adolescents: findings from the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort (MACC) study.
To understand how factors at multiple levels of influence impact adolescent smoking initiation. ⋯ Factors at multiple levels of influence effect adolescent smoking initiation. Smoking by older age peers and lower SES predicts earlier smoking.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2012
Physical activity and health-related quality of life among older men: an examination of current physical activity recommendations.
To determine differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between older men achieving versus not achieving American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services recommendations (USDHHS) physical activity (PA) recommendations. ⋯ Self-reported PA was significantly and positively associated with higher HRQoL scores among older men. Associations were stronger for those achieving a higher volume of PA.
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2012
Longitudinal changes in weight in relation to smoking cessation in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study.
We assessed the association between smoking cessation and prospective weight change in the European population of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Physical Activity, Nutrition, Alcohol, Cessation of smoking, Eating out of home And obesity (EPIC-PANACEA) project. ⋯ When considering the benefits of smoking cessation, such findings strengthen the need for promoting cessation offering information on weight gain control and support to weight-concerned smokers in order to remove a barrier to quitting.