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Effects of Contemporary Dance Training on Executive Function and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in School-Aged Children With Obesity. 现代舞训练对学龄期肥胖儿童执行功能及脑源性神经营养因子水平的影响。

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Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0730

Keerati Intawachirarat, Witid Mitranun, Kannika Permpoonputtana, Wongsapat Kaewkamnerdpongse, Sonthaya Sriramatr

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Factors Associated With Leisure-Time Physical Activity During the Postpandemic Period in a Lower-Middle-Income Country. 一个中低收入国家大流行后时期休闲时间身体活动的相关因素

IF 2.6 4区医学

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0494

Dayanne Orellana, Mery Cintia Duran Torrez, Elvira G Zamora-Huaringa, Gianella Alejandra Arias Aroni

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Environmental Features and Trajectories of Physical Activity Over 10 Years in Mid-Age Australian Adults. 澳大利亚中年成年人10年来身体活动的环境特征和轨迹。

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Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0892

Thania Mara Teixeira Rezende Faria, Wendy J Brown, Nicola W Burton, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Gregore Iven Mielke

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Concentration of Research on Physical Activity and Health by Country: A Global Analysis of Authors and Institutions Using the Gini Coefficient. 国家体育活动与健康研究集中：作者和机构的基尼系数全球分析。

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Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0128

Eduardo Ribes Kohn, Andrea Ramirez-Varela, Michael Pratt, Pedro C Hallal

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Does Physical Activity or Sedentary Behavior Moderate the Association of Smoking Consumption With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality? 体育活动或久坐行为是否能缓和吸烟与全因和心血管疾病死亡率的关系？

IF 2.6 4区医学

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0077

Yang Hei, Younghwan Choi, Yeon Soo Kim

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The Standing Paradox: Why a Simple Health Behavior Fix Is Not So Simple. 长期存在的悖论：为什么一个简单的健康行为修复并不那么简单。

IF 2.6 4区医学

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0544

Robert J Kowalsky, Aiden J Chauntry, Gabriel Zieff, Tyler D Quinn, Keeron Stone, Rebecca M Kappus, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Lee Stoner

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Longitudinal Estimation of Adequate Physical Activity Levels to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment. 适当的身体活动水平降低轻度认知障碍老年人阿尔茨海默病和其他痴呆症风险的纵向估计

IF 2.6 4区医学

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0355

Jungjoo Lee, Junhyoung Kim, Kangeun Lee

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Exercising With Others, Motivation, and 1-Year Maintenance of Exercise Behavior Among Workers. 与他人一起运动，动机，以及工人运动行为的1年维持。

IF 2.6 4区医学

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0404

Kazuhiro Harada, Shuhei Izawa, Nanako Nakamura-Taira, Toru Yoshikawa, Rie Akamatsu, Hiroki Ikeda, Tomohide Kubo

{"title":"Exercising With Others, Motivation, and 1-Year Maintenance of Exercise Behavior Among Workers.","authors":"Kazuhiro Harada, Shuhei Izawa, Nanako Nakamura-Taira, Toru Yoshikawa, Rie Akamatsu, Hiroki Ikeda, Tomohide Kubo","doi":"10.1123/jpah.2025-0404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2025-0404","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Maintaining exercise behavior is important for health. Although exercising with others may be an effective strategy for maintaining this, the association between exercising with others and the maintenance of it as well as the mediators of this association remain unconfirmed. The present study examined whether exercising with others was longitudinally and positively associated with 1-year maintenance of exercise behavior, and this association was mediated by exercise motivation among workers.Methods: This study used data of an online survey-based longitudinal cohort study on 2819 Japanese workers who performed exercise at baseline and responded to a 1-year follow-up survey. This study analyzed 1-year follow-up data of participation in exercise; baseline and 1-year follow-up data of weekly exercise time; and baseline data of exercising with others, exercise motivation, and demographic factors. Participation in exercise (model 1) and weekly exercise time (model 2) after 1 year were indices of 1-year maintenance of exercise behavior.Results: Adjusting for demographic factors, path analyses showed that exercising with others at baseline indirectly and significantly predicted 1-year maintenance of exercise behavior, mediated by exercise motivation and weekly exercise time at baseline (standardized total associations, 0.07 in model 1 and 0.18 in model 2; standardized indirect associations, 0.06 in model 1 and 0.18 in model 2).Conclusions: This study found that exercising with others was indirectly and positively associated with 1-year maintenance of exercise behavior, mediated by exercise motivation. Encouraging participation with others may be effective in supporting motivation and maintaining exercise behavior.","PeriodicalId":16812,"journal":{"name":"Journal of physical activity & health","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145238934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Walk the Vote: Why Democracy Is Important for Promoting Physical Activity Worldwide. 投票：为什么民主对促进全球体育活动很重要。

IF 2.6 4区医学

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-06 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0672

Rodrigo Siqueira Reis

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Leveraging Technology to Revolutionize Physical Activity Measurement, Surveillance, and Interventions. 利用技术革新身体活动测量、监测和干预。

IF 2.6 4区医学

Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0664

Jacqueline L Mair, Elroy J Aguiar

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