scholarly journals Role of Counseling to Promote Adherence in Healthy Lifestyle Medicine: Strategies to Improve Exercise Adherence and Enhance Physical Activity

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 455-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Stonerock ◽  
James A. Blumenthal
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Exercise Adherence ◽  
Lifestyle Medicine

Physical activity promotion in primary health care in Slovenia

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Graduate Nurses ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease

In Slovenia, the role of general practitioners in counselling physical activity for prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well recognized. The role of general practitioners in advising healthy lifestyle for individuals who are at risk of developing CVD is formally defined in the National Program for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, which has been running since 2001. Part of the program is counselling on healthy lifestyle including physical activity, performed in all health centres across the country. First a screening and medical examination is performed. In case of higher risk for CVD (>20%) the physician should give advice on the particular risk factor and direct patients to health-education centres, where they can participate in healthy lifestyle workshops lead by health professionals. Physicians and other health professionals who are involved in the implementation of prevention activities within the program need knowledge and skills that are crucial for successful counselling on healthy lifestyle. The educational program “basic education in health promotion and prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases in primary health care/family medicine” consists of two parts. The first part of the training is open to all health professionals working within the program. The second part is intended for health professionals working in health-education workshops. In the last few years a new family practice model has been introduced and disseminated. Some duties of the family physician, including health promotion and counselling, are being transferred to graduate nurses who become part of the family practice team. This new division of work undoubtedly brings many advantages, both in terms of the work organization, and of high-quality patient care. Nevertheless preventive action cannot be fully passed on to graduate nurses. Careful planning and education are needed to ensure a comprehensive approach in healthy life style counselling.

scholarly journals FITNESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS'S HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FOR STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Alexandrovna Shikunova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young People ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle

The article discusses the main features and characteristics of one of the types of physical activity - fitness. Identified problems associated with the lack of interest of young people in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The positive aspects of fitness for students are presented, and the role of fashion trends in the development of enthusiasm for this sport is described

scholarly journals Effects of physical activity on the progression of diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zixin Cai ◽  
Yan Yang ◽  
Jingjing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Diabetic Nephropathy ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Kidney Injury ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Mean Differences

Abstract Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is an important microvascular complication of diabetes. Physical activity (PA) is part of a healthy lifestyle for diabetic patients; however, the role of PA in DN has not been clarified. Our aim was to conduct a meta-analysis to explore the association between PA and DN risk. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were systematically searched for articles examining PA in diabetic patients and its effect on renal function. Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. The study protocol is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020191379). Results: A total of 38991 participants were identified from 18 studies. The results indicated that PA was associated with increases in the glomerular filtration rate (SMD = 0.01, 95% CI = [0.02–0.17]) and decreases in the urinary albumin creatinine ratio (SMD = −0.53, 95% CI: −0.72 to −0.34), rate of microalbuminuria (OR = 0.61, 95% CI = [0.46–0.81]), rate of acute kidney injury (OR = 0.02, 95% CI = [0.01–0.04]), rate of renal failure (OR = 0.71, 95% CI = [0.52–0.97]) and risk of DN in patients with Type 1 diabetes (OR = 0.67, 95% CI = [0.51–0.89]). Conclusions: This meta-analysis indicated that PA is effective for improving DN and slowing its progression; however, more high-quality randomized controlled trials are required on this topic.

scholarly journals The role of physical activity in instilling healthy lifestyle habits in children

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kostecka ◽  
Monika Bojanowska ◽  
Monika Stoma
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Habits

scholarly journals Musical Expectancy in Squat Sonification for People Who Struggle with Physical Activity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph W. Newbold ◽  
Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze ◽  
Nicolas E. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Movement Behaviour ◽  
Movement Execution ◽  
People’S Perception ◽  
Reward Motivation ◽  
The Way

Physical activity is important for a healthy lifestyle. However, it can be hard to stay engaged with exercise and this can often lead to avoidance. Sonification has been used to support physical activity through the optimisation/correction of movement. Though previous work has shown how sonification can improve movement execution and motivation, the specific mechanisms of motivation have yet to be investigated in the context of challenging exercises. We investigate the role of music expectancy as a way to leverage people’s implicit and embodied understanding of music within move- ment sonification to provide information on technique while also motivating continuation of movement and rewarding its completion. The paper presents two studies showing how this musically-informed sonification can be used to support the squat movement. The results show how musical expectancy impacted people’s perception of their own movement, in terms of reward, motivation and movement behaviour and the way in which they moved.

scholarly journals Scoring Lifestyle Medicine Goals With FIFA 2022—An Opportunity to Strike Big!

2021 ◽  
pp. 155982762110265
Author(s):  
Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy ◽  
Sohaila Cheema ◽  
Javaid I. Sheikh ◽  
Ravinder Mamtani
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Lifestyle Medicine ◽  
Fifa World Cup ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Qatar is one of the few countries in the world with a dedicated national sports day. Qatar believes that sport is one of the best tools to promote a healthy lifestyle to help curb the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). With the well-established positive health effects of soccer on cardiovascular, metabolic, and musculoskeletal conditions, the vision of the FIFA World Cup 2022™ hosted by Qatar to use the power of soccer to “open the door of an amazing world experience” is praiseworthy. With NCDs accounting for 70% of deaths in Qatar, there exists a perfect opportunity to promote healthy lifestyles to prevent, treat, and reverse NCDs. We believe that the FIFA World Cup 2022™ presents an opportunity that could contribute to generating valuable evidence on the lifestyle benefits of such large-scale events. This event comes at an opportune moment for countries in the region to make their health systems lifestyle-sensitive. FIFA World Cup 2022™ could just be the tipping point in the region that establishes the role of sports in mitigating the burden of NCDs. With the impact of COVID-19 on persons with pre-existing NCDs, the urgency for addressing the “syndemic” cannot be overemphasized and sport can be the lifestyle medicine.

scholarly journals The role of midwives and obstetrical nurses in the promotion of healthy lifestyle during pregnancy

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 263349412110318
Author(s):  
Mahnaz Bahri Khomami ◽  
Ruth Walker ◽  
Michelle Kilpatrick ◽  
Susan de Jersey ◽  
Helen Skouteris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Gestational Weight ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Promotion

Women with maternal obesity, an unhealthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy and excess gestational weight gain have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes that can also increase the risk of long-term poor health for them and their children. Pregnant women have frequent medical appointments and are highly receptive to health advice. Healthcare professionals who interact with women during pregnancy are in a privileged position to support women to make lasting healthy lifestyle changes that can improve gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes and halt the intergenerational nature of obesity. Midwives and obstetrical nurses are key healthcare professionals responsible for providing antenatal care in most countries. Therefore, it is crucial for them to build and enhance their ability to promote healthy lifestyles in pregnant women. Undergraduate midwifery curricula usually lack sufficient lifestyle content to provide emerging midwives and obstetrical nurses with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to effectively assess and support healthy lifestyle behaviours in pregnant women. Consequently, registered midwives and obstetrical nurses may not recognise their role in healthy lifestyle promotion specific to healthy eating and physical activity in practice. In addition, practising midwives and obstetrical nurses do not consistently have access to healthy lifestyle promotion training in the workplace. Therefore, many midwives and obstetrical nurses may not have the confidence and/or skills to support pregnant women to improve their lifestyles. This narrative review summarises the role of midwives and obstetrical nurses in the promotion of healthy lifestyles relating to healthy eating and physical activity and optimising weight in pregnancy, the barriers that they face to deliver optimal care and an overview of what we know works when supporting midwives and obstetrical nurses in their role to support women in achieving a healthy lifestyle.

scholarly journals Lifestyle Medicine – Lifestyle Partnership

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Anca Hâncu ◽  
Florin Mihălţan ◽  
Gabriela Radulian
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Lifestyle Change ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Lifestyle Medicine ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Sustained Change

AbstractHigh prevalence of noncommunicable diseases with their associated costs are related more and more to unhealthy behaviours such as unappropriated diets, lack of physical activity and smoking. Lifestyle medicine is now more and more scientific and with evidence-based fundament. The key in lifestyle change is negotiation and cooperation. Physicians should do more than education, should empower and motivate the patient in planning a healthy lifestyle leading to sustained change.

Psychological Research on Exercise and Fitness: Current Research Trends and Future Challenges

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lise Gauvin ◽  
John C. Spence
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Exercise Adherence ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Academic Units ◽  
Archival Study

In this paper, milestones of psychological contributions to the study of exercise and fitness are summarized, the results of an archival study of empirical research published in 10 periodicals since 1990 are presented, and challenges facing researchers in this area are discussed. Psychological studies on exercise and fitness began to emerge in significant numbers in the late 1970s and have frequently been conceptualized with health outcomes in mind. Current research is published in almost equal numbers in physical activity and health periodicals, but researchers based in academic units related to physical activity publish less frequently in health-related journals. Aerobic exercise is studied more often than other types of exercise, and exercise adherence and the role of exercise for mental health are studied most frequently. Some challenges facing researchers include developing effective publication strategies, engaging in advocacy for the relevance of exercise and fitness, and bridging the gap between research and practice.

scholarly journals ROLE OF PHYSICAL LOADS AND DRINKING MINERAL WATER IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY - BASIS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 228-233
Author(s):  
Yu. B Barieva ◽  
L. A Botvineva ◽  
Agnessa Sardoevna Kaysinova ◽  
N. A Samsonova
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Mineral Water ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Treatment Of Obesity

The review is devoted to the topical issues of non-pharmacological treatment of metabolic syndrome, namely, fight against hypodynamia (the mechanism of sanogenetic action of Scandinavian walking) and insulin resistance (the effect of drinking mineral water on normalization of insulin secretion). Non-medicamentous measures aimed at reducing body weight, changing dietary stereotypes, quiting bad habits such as smoking and alcohol abuse, increasing physical activity. These changes contribute to the formation of healthy lifestyle, they are highly effective, increase oxygenation of tissues, improve functional state of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and have a pathogenetically directed effect on all links of metabolic syndrome: abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, violation of carbohydrate metabolism, hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, sympaticotonia, arterial hypertension.

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