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Overweight and Aerobic Fitness in Children in the United States/Mexico Border Region.
To study overweight and aerobic fitness among children in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in a city in the United States of America (El Paso, Texas) and a city in Mexico (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) that are on or near the border between those two countries, and to compare the results from those two cities with earlier findings for other children in the United States. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004, 15 (4):262-271) (You can purchase this article)
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Overweight and Aerobic Fitness in Children in the United States/Mexico Border Region.
To study overweight and aerobic fitness among children in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in a city in the United States of America (El Paso, Texas) and a city in Mexico (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) that are on or near the border between those two countries, and to compare the results from those two cities with earlier findings for other children in the United States. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004, 15 (4):262-271) (You can purchase this article)
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Overweight and Aerobic Fitness in Children in the United States/Mexico Border Region.
To study overweight and aerobic fitness among children in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in a city in the United States of America (El Paso, Texas) and a city in Mexico (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) that are on or near the border between those two countries, and to compare the results from those two cities with earlier findings for other children in the United States. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004, 15 (4):262-271) (You can purchase this article)
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The Obesity Epidemic in the Americas: Making Healthy Choices the Easiest Choices
To study overweight and aerobic fitness among children in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in a city in the United States of America (El Paso, Texas) and a city in Mexico (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) that are on or near the border between those two countries, and to compare the results from those two cities with earlier findings for other children in the United States. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004, 15(4):278-284) (You can purchase this article)
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The Obesity Epidemic in the Americas: Making Healthy Choices the Easiest Choices
To study overweight and aerobic fitness among children in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in a city in the United States of America (El Paso, Texas) and a city in Mexico (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) that are on or near the border between those two countries, and to compare the results from those two cities with earlier findings for other children in the United States. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2004, 15(4):278-284) (You can purchase this article)
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Factors associated with physical activity among Mexican women of childbearing age
OBJECTIVE: To document the practice of light and heavy physical activities, especially sports and exercise, among women from 12 to 49 years old in Mexico, and to evaluate the association that that has with some sociodemographic characteristics. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 14(4):235-245)
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Promoting health and physical activity in Chile: a policy priority
This piece describes and analyzes the situation with respect to physical activity in Chile and the policies and strategies that have been developed in order to combat sedentary lifestyles. (Rev Panam Salud Publica 2003 14(4):281-288)
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Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with sports physical activity in the urban population of Peru
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency ofa sports physical activity in the urban population of Peru and to identify the sociodemographic, economic, and environmental factors associated with that activity. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 14(4):255-264)
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The effect of controlled physical activity on the body composition of postmenopausal sedentary women.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a controlled physical activity program on the weight and body composition of healthy sedentary postmenopausal women. (Rev Panam Salud Publica 2003 14(4):229-234)
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Getting Specific: Actions to Reverse the Most Destructive Forces.
This chapter of the book "Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change" puts together the easy-to-say, but hard-to-implement, recommendations (such as how to cut down the prevalence of alcohol use in a community) and the principles of behavior change, and organizes them around mega risk factors -risks factors that operate around the world and each of which produces multiple diseases outcomes. Pages 287-330( Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change, © PAHO, 2003) (You can purchase this chapter)
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Getting Specific: Actions to Reverse the Most Destructive Forces.
This chapter of the book "Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change" puts together the easy-to-say, but hard-to-implement, recommendations (such as how to cut down the prevalence of alcohol use in a community) and the principles of behavior change, and organizes them around mega risk factors -risks factors that operate around the world and each of which produces multiple diseases outcomes. Pages 287-330( Building Better Health: A Handbook of Behavioral Change, © PAHO, 2003) (You can purchase this chapter)
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The effect of controlled physical activity on the body composition of postmenopausal sedentary women.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a controlled physical activity program on the weight and body composition of healthy sedentary postmenopausal women. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 14(4):229-234)
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The Agita São Paulo Program as a Model for Using Physical Activity to Promote Health.
The "Agita São Paulo" Program applies a multilevel intervention approach to promoting physical activity among the 37 million inhabitants of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The verb "agita" means to move the body, but the term also suggests changing the way of thinking and becoming a more active citizen. Since being launched in 1996, the Program has been widely copied throughout Brazil and in other countries of Latin America, and the World Health Organization has characterized it as a model for other developing countries. The Program aims to disseminate a clear and simple message to the community as well as establish partnerships with governmental and nongovernmental organizations and other entities. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 14(4): 265-272))
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A descriptive epidemiology of leisure-time physical activity in Brazil, 1996-1997
Describe the prevalence, frequency, type, motivation for, and demographic and socioeconomic distribution of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among adults in Brazil. Methods. The data source for our study was the Brazilian Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) (Pesquisa sobre Padrões de Vida), which was conducted in 1996 and 1997. This survey studied a multistage stratified probabilistic sample of 4 893 households, which included 11 033 persons who were 20 years of age or older. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 14(4):246-254)
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Rapid changes in lifestyle make increased physical activity a priority for the Americas
This editorial reviews the health benefits of regular participation in sports and aerobic fitness that have been well recognized for more than 30 years. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 14(4):226-228))
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Employers in the United States promote healthy lifestyles in order to reduce health care expenditures
This article discusses a recent report that bears the title Physical Activity Among Adults: United States, 2000--describes one of the few studies in the world that quantify total daily energy expenditure among adults in a given population. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003, 14(4): 293-295)
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Report looks at physical activity in both work and leisure time in the United States.
A recent report that bears the title Physical Activity Among Adults: United States, 2000 describes one of the few studies in the world that quantify total daily energy expenditure among adults in a given population. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2003 14(4):289-292)
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World No Tobacco Day 2002 puts spotlight on tobacco-free sports
This yearly celebration informs the public of the dangers of using tobacco; the business practices of tobacco companies; what WHO and its Regional Offices, including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), are doing to fight the tobacco epidemic; and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2002 11(4):283-287))
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World No Tobacco Day 2002 puts spotlight on tobacco-free sports
This yearly celebration informs the public of the dangers of using tobacco; the business practices of tobacco companies; what WHO and its Regional Offices, including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), are doing to fight the tobacco epidemic; and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations. (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2002 11(4):283-287))
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Interventions to promote health through increased physical activity
Regular physical activity has numerous health benefits, but only about one-fourth of the adults in the United States of America follow the recommendations of performing either 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity at least 5 days per week or 20 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity 3 or more days per week. Further, many adults and adolescents in the United States report no regular moderate or vigorous physical activity (Rev Panam Salud Pública 2001 10(6):422-425)
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Interventions to promote health through increased physical activity
This section, current topics, includes initiatives, projects and health interventions at the national and regional levels, as well as findings of meetings and international health conferences. This topic deals with regular physical activity which has numerous health benefits, but only about one-fourth of the adults in the United States of America follow the recommendations of performing either 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity 3 or more days per week. Further, many adults and adolescents in the United States report no regular moderate or vigorous physical activity (Table 1).(Rev Panam Salud Pública, 2001 10(6))
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