Individual, social and environmental predictors of physical activity in severe to morbid obese African American adolescents
| Autor: | Jeffrey J. Martin, Kathryn Brogan-Hartlieb, Angela J. Jacques-Tiura, Sylvie Naar-King, Deborah A. Ellis, Kai-Lin Catherine Jen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Kinanthropologica, Vol 52, Iss 2, Pp 5-18 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1212-1428 2336-6052 23366052 |
| DOI: | 10.14712/23366052.2016.7 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to predict low, moderate, hard and very hard physical activity (PA) and walking/biking/jogging based PA. One-hundred and fifty-nine severe to morbid obese African-American adolescents participated. We predicted 8% of the variance in hard PA largely due to family support and 10% of the variance in very hard PA due to other support (e.g. counselor) and having home PA equipment. We also predicted 10% of the variance in walking/biking/jogging due to the walkability of the neighborhood. Our findings support the value of social support and environmental supports in helping obese African American adolescents increase PA. |
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