KINE 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Participaction
10 Mar 2016
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Physical inactivity is a population based problem. So using a population based approach may be of better effect to increase physical activity (cid:1) Increases in routine and lifestyle forms of pa that can be incorporated naturally throughout a person"s day may provide the most effective means of increasing population pa. Population-based prevention strategies to assist entire communities to increase pa levels thereby reducing risk for cv disease, diabetes etc. Fewer pe classes offered with a lower duration (we want to change this) Intervention students also reported more vigorous total daily activity: follow up (3 rd grade-8 th grade): actual minutes of pa declined with age in both groups. Pa than controlled even 7 years after intervention (good!: interventions are successful at improving knowledge and attitudes towards pa. Generally successful at increasing pa during pe classes. Generally unsuccessful at increasing pa outside of school (this intervention didn"t seem to transfer outside of the school system)
