An Exploratory Analysis of Factors Associated with Health-Related Physical Fitness in Adolescents. The ASSO Project

Bianco, Antonino; Gentile, Ambra; Boca, Stefano; Paoli, Antonio; Messina, Giuseppe; Gómez-López, Manuel; Palma, Antonio; Tabacchi, Garden

doi:10.3390/su10061847

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“…Since no difference was reported among these practices across age groups, weight-control practices should be discouraged, especially in younger categories [ 16 , 17 , 18 ].…”

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Rapid Weight Loss Habits before a Competition in Sambo Athletes

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Background: Like other combat sports, sambo has competition rules that divide athletes into categories based on gender, age and weight. Athletes in combat sports often resort to rapid weight loss (RWL) methods to be more competitive in lower weight categories and gain an advantage against lighter, smaller and weaker competitors. The aim of this study was to examine the methodology implemented by two different sambo age categories, junior and senior athletes, in order to attain RWL. Methods: The sample consisted of 103 male sambo elite athletes (seniors/juniors: age 28.5 ± 4.3/18.9 ± 0.8; height (m): 1.7 ± 0.1/1.8 ± 0.1; weight (kg): 76.3 ± 17.8/74.4 ± 16.3; BMI (kg/m2): 25.0 ± 3.8/23.7 ± 3.9) who completed a survey on RWL. Results: Athletes reported losing a mean of 5 kg starting approximately 12 days before a competition. The most common methodology reported by senior and junior sambo athletes was gradually increasing dieting, followed by sauna and plastic suit training. Less common methods adopted were laxatives, diuretics, the use of diet pills and vomiting. There were significant group differences for sauna and diet pill ingestion. Coaches and parents are influential people in the lives of athletes concerning the weight loss strategy to be adopted. Conclusions: This study’s results unequivocally confirm the prevalent practice of RWL in both senior and junior sambo athletes. Although athletes prevalently chose “less harmful” methods, there is a need to inform parents and coaches of the risks and benefits of RWL.

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“…Since no difference was reported among these practices across age groups, weight-control practices should be discouraged, especially in younger categories [ 16 , 17 , 18 ].…”

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“…Physical activity improves cardiovascular performance and protects against many preventable diseases. We can consider the physical activity as a therapy in many metabolic and inflammatory disease and also in obesity and diseases correlated such as colon cancer (Francavilla et al, 2017;Patti et al 2017, Bianco et al, 2018. Indeed, as shown by our results, the treatment with obese sera after physical activity intervention strongly reduces human colon carcinoma cell line cell viability and pro-inflammatory cytokines m-RNA levels compared to obese subjects at baseline.…”

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The beneficial effects of physical activity and weight loss on human colorectal carcinoma cell lines

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Scarinci²,

Ambrosi³

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Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2020 - Winter Conferences of Sports Science

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Recent studies have demonstrated that obesity is a significant risk factor for the development of several malignancies such as cancer. Colorectal cancer is among the most common cancers worldwide and is strong linked to obesity. A healthy lifestyle, characterized by hypocaloric diet and physical activity, is important to reduce a chronic inflammation, oxidative stress and metabolic disorders typical of obesity (Messina et al, 2018; Messina et al, 2017; Messina et al, 2015). It is well known that the chronic inflammation state and oxidative stress are responsible for the aging and development of many diseases, such as cancer. Dysregulation of cytokine's secretion probably participates in the establishment of cancer in obese patients. The aim of this study is to analyse the effects of sera from obese patients subjected to a physical activity program before and after weight loss on cell viability, apoptosis and oxidative stress in HCT116 carcinoma cell line treated for 24, 48 and 72 hours through MTT test. We analysed the expression of cytokines in HCT116 cells. We found that sera from obese after physical activity intervention compared to treatment with sera from obese patients before physical activity intervention reduce the survival rate of HCT116 cells through induction of apoptosis and oxidative stress. Finally, we found a reduction of mRNA levels corresponding to the pro-inflammatory IL-6 and IL-8 cytokines together with an increase of the anti-inflammatory IL-10 cytokine. We can conclude that the physical activity has numerous beneficial effects also in colorectal cancer cell, indeed the physical activity and weight loss in obese subjects have an inhibitory and anti-inflammatory effects in a short period on carcinoma cell line.

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“…their concentration and academic abilities (Bianco et al, 2018;Reigal et al, 2020;Wouters et al, 2020). So that students' physical fitness can reduce their concentration power and reduce their learning achievement.…”

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The Relationship between Physical Activity and Sleep Quality for Class 2020 Students Faculty of Medicine Tarumanagara University

Widjaya

Halim

2023

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<div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top">Sleep is one of the basic needs of every human being. Disturbance to the quality of sleep can cause various problems such as a person's disruption in following lessons and low memory. Not only academics will be disrupted, but health will also be disrupted. Someone who has good quality sleep will be more focused on doing something than someone with bad quality. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between physical activity and the quality of sleep of students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tarumanagara. This research is a quantitative analytic research with a cross-sectional research design. This research was conducted in Faculty Of Medicine, Tarumanagara University, This research data collection activity took place in January 2022 until completion. The population in this study is all Students of the Faculty Of Medicine, Tarumanagara University. The total sample in this study was 140 people. The sampling method of this study is means of simple random sampling. Data collection in this study used the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) questionnaire and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire. Data analysis used with the Chi-Square test. The results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between physical activity and sleep quality for students of the Faculty of Medicine, Tarumanagara University, class of 2020 (p-value = 0.000; <α 0.005). It is recommended to students of the Faculty of Medicine, Tarumanagara University to improve their health status through diligent regular physical activity and quality sleep in order to increase their level of physical fitness. Oleh Therefore, students need to learn to manage time for academic and non-academic activities, as well as regular breaks and sports. </td></tr></tbody></table></div>Keywords: Physical Activity, Sleep Quality, Student

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An Exploratory Analysis of Factors Associated with Health-Related Physical Fitness in Adolescents. The ASSO Project

Cited by 5 publications

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Rapid Weight Loss Habits before a Competition in Sambo Athletes

Rapid Weight Loss Habits before a Competition in Sambo Athletes

The beneficial effects of physical activity and weight loss on human colorectal carcinoma cell lines

The Relationship between Physical Activity and Sleep Quality for Class 2020 Students Faculty of Medicine Tarumanagara University

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