Resources
No.40
January 2004
 
    

Watching the Web – South America



http://www.boletimef.org
This site contains several works in its Electronic Library relating to events that have happened in Brazil and around the world in the field of Physical Education. These works include books and newspaper articles, among other examples. The Bulletin for Physical Education, is an electronic newspaper that discloses scientific and cultural information of Brazilian Physical Education and other kindred areas. The Bulletin is free, and can be subscribed to via the website.
http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_issuetoc&pid=1020-498920030009&lng=en&nrm=iso
Pan American Journal of Public Health: Special issue on Recreational Physical Activity in Latin America
Rev Panam Salud Publica vol.14 no.4 Washington October, 2003 PAHO/WHO
Available online in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
"......This issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health presents reports on physical activity in some countries in Latin America. Overall, these articles report that more than two thirds of the population do not meet the recommended levels of physical activity sufficient to gain health benefits. As the developing countries in the Region of the Americas continue their rapid economic and demographic transition, chronic health conditions continue to grow in importance, and broader prevention efforts become even more essential. Physical inactivity now ranks among the five most important causes of ill health and premature death in the Americas. Reversing current trends will require a wide range of strategies, some of them well beyond the traditional realm of public health. Sustainable program activities aimed at the individual and at entire communities are needed in combination with initiatives to improve the environmental support for active lifestyles......"
Table of contents
* Rapid changes in lifestyle make increased physical activity a priority for the Americas
Jacoby, Enrique; Bull, Fiona; Neiman, Andrea
* The effect of controlled physical activity on the body composition of postmenopausal sedentary women
Calle, Maria Teresa Restrepo; Pe¤a, Alcira Monroy de; Giraldo, Jaime Perez; Echeverri, Mar¡a Cristina Vel squez
* Factors associated with physical activity among Mexican women of childbearing age
Hern ndez, Bernardo; Haene, Jessica de; Barquera, Sim¢n; Monterrubio, Eric; Rivera, Juan; Shamah, Teresa; Sep£lveda, Jaime; Haas, Jere; Campirano, Fabricio
* A descriptive epidemiology of leisure-time physical activity in Brazil, 1996-1997
Monteiro, Carlos A.; Conde, Wolney L.; Matsudo, Sandra M.; Matsudo, Victor R.; Bonseor, Isabela M.; Lotufo, Paulo A.
* Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with sports physical activity in the urban population of Peru
Secl‚n-Palac¡n, Juan A.; Jacoby, Enrique R.
* The Agita Sao Paulo Program as a model for using physical activity to promote health
Matsudo, Sandra Mahecha; Matsudo, Victor Rodrigues; Araujo, Timoteo Leandro; Andrade, Douglas Roque; Andrade, Erinaldo Luiz; Oliveira, Luis Carlos de; Braggion, Glaucia Figueiredo
* The first "Award to Active Cities Contest" for the Region of the Americas
Neiman, Andrea B.; Jacoby, Enrique R.
* Promoting health and physical activity in Chile: a policy priority
Salinas, Judith; Vio, Fernando
* Report looks at physical activity in both work and leisure time in the United States
* Employers in the United States promote healthy lifestyles in order to reduce health care expenditures




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