The strategic approach to an improvement of health-related physical fitness of police officers: An 8-week exercise intervention: Pilot study

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a planned exercise program and lectures followed by a brochure containing the nutrients arranged by quality on measured components of health-related physical fitness.The applied treatments positively affected the restructuring of body composition by reducing the relative amount of fat tissue in the body, local muscular endurance of upperbody, and aerobic endurance.The effects of the treatment depend on the level of control and self-control more than on the length of the treatment, while the level of control (and especially self-control) can be improved by increasing the knowledge about the association of health-related physical fitness and health, with given practical solutions. In that regard, the agencies should provide exercise programs and physical activities for their employees but also develop the strategies for a workplace health promotion that would steer the police officers(POs) and their families towards the involvement in healthy lifestyle.

Factorial analysis of stress factors among the sample of Lebanese police officers

“…In contrast, increased leisure time physical activity was shown to be significant moderator of officers' body composition (Vukovi c et al, 2020;Kuki c et al, 2020). Moreover, applied exercise programs significantly improved physical fitness of police officers ( Cvorovi c et al, 2018;Kuki c and Cvorovi c, 2019). Physiological and psychological health explained small but significant amount of stress among Lebanese police officers.…”

Differences in Body Composition across Police Occupations and Moderation Effects of Leisure Time Physical Activity

“…This demonstrates importance, as studies suggest that police officer LTPA tends to decrease, while BMI and body fatness tend to increase, with the time spent in service [12,15,42,43]. Obesity has been found across police populations [44][45][46], whereby the effort to battle this issue has been based mainly on the implementation of exercise programs [6,17,18]. In consideration of our results, encouraging officers to increase their V-LTPA may be an effective way to help moderate officers' body composition across various police occupations.…”

“…The tasks performed differ across police occupations, some of which are physically demanding (i.e., pursuing and engaging in physical confrontations with violent offenders), while others are more sedentary (i.e., administrative work) [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. To perform physically demanding tasks effectively and with a reduced risk of injury, performance-related and health-related physical fitness [ 4 , 5 , 6 ] is very important for police officers [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]. Assessments of physical performance in police officers have often been associated with measures of body fat mass and skeletal muscle mass [ 5 , 8 , 11 ].…”

“…Body fatness, indicated through measures such as percent body fat (%BF), waist circumference, and body mass index (BMI-body mass (kg) divided by body height (m 2 )), increases due to lack of physical activity, sedentary work, and shift work in police officers [12][13][14][15][16]. In contrast, sufficient physical activity, planned exercise, and healthy nutrition are related to reductions in body fat mass and %BF and increases in percent of skeletal muscle mass (%SMM) and skeletal muscle mass index (SMMI) [6,[16][17][18]. Therefore, assessment of body composition can be a useful tool to understand and monitor the effects that physical activity, lifestyle, and dietary habits have on police officers.…”

Accuracy of body mass index based on self-report data among law enforcement cadets

“…Therefore, changes in body composition of adults (i.e., increase or decrease in body fat and/or skeletal muscle mass) often reflect in changes in BM, leading to changes in BMI. Although BMI does not provide specific information on the source of either body volume or size (Provencher et al, 2018;Rothman, 2008), the validity of its utilization relies on consistent associations with biological and socioeconomic factors, such as age, sex, education, occupation, and income (Ball et al, 2002;Boyce et al, 2008;Kukić et al, 2019;Sobal, 1991;Sörensen et al, 2000). In that regard, the World Health Organization and American College of Sports Medicine often times use the standard values of BMI for the evaluation of health status (Riebe et al, 2018;WHO, 2017).…”