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Two-Year Follow-Up of a Brisk Walking Programme on Fitness, Perceived Health and Physical Activity Engagement in Postmenopausal Women
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Sophie Garnier; Sandra Joffroy; Bernard Thon; Gérard Auneau; Pascale Mauriège – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Brisk walking helps postmenopausal women to maintain body weight and fat mass losses as well cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and to feel better. However, these long-term benefits have not been fully examined. The aims of this study were to compare the effects of a 2-year follow-up with those of a 4-month walking programme on body…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, Females
Physical Fitness and Fatness in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
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Salaun, Laureline; Berthouze-Aranda, Sophie E. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: This study investigated health-related fitness in adolescents with intellectual disabilities and analysed the various performances in physical fitness tests according to degrees of obesity. Materials and Methods: Eighty-seven French intellectual disabilities adolescents (14.24 [plus or minus] 1.48 years) performed the EUROFIT physical…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Obesity, Mental Retardation, Body Composition
Collective and Experimental Research Project for Master's Students on the Pathophysiology of Obesity
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Bourlier, Virginie; Conte, Caroline; Denis, Colette; Dray, Cédric; Guillou, Pascale; Belliure, Manuela; Lorsignol, Anne; Noël, Marion; Buffin-Meyer, Bénédicte – Advances in Physiology Education, 2017
We describe here a collective and experimental research project-based learning (ERPBL) for master's students that can be used to illustrate some basic concepts on glucose/lipid homeostasis and renal function around a topical issue. The primary objective of this ERPBL was to strengthen students' knowledge and understanding of physiology and…
Descriptors: Pathology, Physiology, Obesity, Student Projects
Obesity in School Children with Intellectual Disabilities in France
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Salaun, Laureline; Berthouze-Aranda, Sophie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
Background: The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of obesity in school children with intellectual disabilities and to determine the most appropriate indicators of obesity measurement. Materials and Methods: The weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and body fat percentage as measured by…
Descriptors: Obesity, Incidence, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries
Evaluation of Maximal O[subscript 2] Uptake with Undergraduate Students at the University of La Reunion
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Tarnus, Evelyne; Catan, Aurelie; Verkindt, Chantal; Bourdon, Emmanuel – Advances in Physiology Education, 2011
The maximal rate of O[subscript 2] consumption (VO[subscript 2max]) constitutes one of the oldest fitness indexes established for the measure of cardiorespiratory fitness and aerobic performance. Procedures have been developed in which VO[subscript 2max]is estimated from physiological responses during submaximal exercise. Generally, VO[subscript…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Obesity and Growth in Prader-Willi Syndrome
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Dudley, O.; McManus, B.; Vogels, A.; Whittington, J.; Muscatelli, F. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Introduction: The present study reports cross-cultural comparisons of body mass index (BMI) and growth in Prader-Willi syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with obesity, growth restriction and mild learning disability. Our objectives were to: (1) compare rates of obesity in adults with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) in France, with data…
Descriptors: Obesity, Learning Disabilities, Identification, Foreign Countries