Predictors of Food and Physical Activity Tracking Among Young Adults

O’Loughlin, Erin K.; Marashi, Maryam; Sabiston, Catherine M.; Lucibello, Kristen M.; Sylvestre, Marie‐Pierre; O’Loughlin, Jennifer

doi:10.1177/10901981231159679

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“…Furthermore, fitness-and activity-tracking sensors consider factors like body size, weight, and stride length to estimate metrics such as calories burned or distance traveled. In these cases, there might be slight variations, based on sex differences, in body composition or average physical characteristics [68,78,79].…”

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The Appropriateness of Medical Devices Is Strongly Influenced by Sex and Gender

Campesi,

Franconi,

Serra

2024

Life

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Until now, research has been performed mainly in men, with a low recruitment of women; consequentially, biological, physiological, and physio-pathological mechanisms are less understood in women. Obviously, without data obtained on women, it is impossible to apply the results of research appropriately to women. This issue also applies to medical devices (MDs), and numerous problems linked to scarce pre-market research and clinical trials on MDs were evidenced after their introduction to the market. Globally, some MDs are less efficient in women than in men and sometimes MDs are less safe for women than men, although recently there has been a small but significant decrease in the sex and gender gap. As an example, cardiac resynchronization defibrillators seem to produce more beneficial effects in women than in men. It is also important to remember that MDs can impact the health of healthcare providers and this could occur in a sex- and gender-dependent manner. Recently, MDs’ complexity is rising, and to ensure their appropriate use they must have a sex–gender-sensitive approach. Unfortunately, the majority of physicians, healthcare providers, and developers of MDs still believe that the human population is only constituted by men. Therefore, to overcome the gender gap, a real collaboration between the inventors of MDs, health researchers, and health providers should be established to test MDs in female and male tissues, animals, and women.

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Section: Biomedical Sensors For Healthcare Monitoringmentioning

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The Appropriateness of Medical Devices Is Strongly Influenced by Sex and Gender

Campesi,

Franconi,

Serra

2024

Life

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“…In addition, participants had to quantify the number of hours of physical exercise performed during the week prior to the test. Both assessments were collected using the app "myfitnesspal ® " (V24.10.1) [17].…”

Section: Nutritional Assessment and Weekly Trainingmentioning

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Acute Effect of Passive Hyperthermia on Lactate Concentrations

Siquier-Coll,

Flores,

Grijota

et al. 2024

Applied Sciences

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Background: Knowledge on the effect of heat on recovery is still incomplete. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of a passive acute hyperthermic stimulus before and after a lactic anaerobic test on the production and oxidation of lactate blood concentrations. In addition, the purpose was to evaluate the effect that the application of this previous hyperthermic stimulus may have on the athletic performance in the test. Methods: For this purpose, a cross-over design through an anaerobic treadmill test in three different situations (normothermia, pre-test hyperthermia, and post-test hyperthermia) was performed. Twelve male subjects participated (age: 21.25 ± 1.64 years; height: 1.76 m ± 0.08; weight: 72.59 ± 9.44 kg). An anthropometric assessment was carried out with weight, height, skinfolds, body perimeters and diameters, and external and internal body temperatures in each of the tests. A nutritional survey was also carried out 48 h prior to each test. Results: The results of the study showed a decrease in blood lactate concentrations when the hyperthermic effect was applied as passive recovery just after the end of the test (p < 0.05). A decrease in lactate concentrations was also achieved when applying the hyperthermic effect just before the start of the test (p < 0.05). However, no significant improvements were obtained from this application of heat on test performance. Conclusions: The results suggest that the application of passive acute hyperthermia has a favourable effect in terms of decreasing blood lactate concentrations in a 5 min recovery period after lactic anaerobic activity.

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“…The semi-professional women's volleyball players performed a total of three days of training per week (90 min per training session) and played one match a week. An initial nutritional survey was carried out through the MyFitnessPal ® [44] application to determine the macronutrient intake (carbohydrates: 232.16 ± 45.62; fats: 74.33 ± 11.87; proteins: 92.15 ± 25.45; and total Kcal: 1966.34 ± 317.75). A priori sample size calculation was performed using a free online tool, G*Power (www.gpower.hhu.de; accessed on 2 February 2022), with a power level of 95% and an α _level of 0.05 and based on previous and similar studies [45], and it revealed that the sample size of >5 would be sufficient for the analysis.…”

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The Effect of Caffeine Supplementation on Female Volleyball Players’ Performance and Wellness during a Regular Training Week

Siquier-Coll,

Delgado-García,

Soto-Méndez

et al. 2023

Nutrients

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Background: caffeine is an ergogenic aid that still needs to be investigated in women’s sports performance. Methods: Eight semi-professional women’s volleyball players (height = 1.63 ± 0.08 m; weight = 66.67 ± 4.74 kg) voluntarily participated in this study. A randomized crossover design was implemented where players underwent caffeine and placebo conditions. In the caffeine condition, participants consumed 5 mg/kg of caffeine based on their body weight before acute training. The evaluations were performed over two weeks of training. In both conditions, the countermovement jump, repeated jumps for 15 s, and handgrip tests were performed. The change of direction was assessed using the 505 test. Well-being was also assessed with a wellness questionnaire. A repeated measures ANOVA and correlation analysis were performed. Results: The repeated measures ANOVA revealed a main effect of supplementation (F (1.7) = 8.41, p = 0.02, η2 = 0.54) across the training week on physical performance. Additionally, there was a positive effect on perceived fatigue (F (1.7) = 7.29, p = 0.03, η2 = 0.51). Conclusions: Caffeine improved performance and fatigue parameters over one week of training. Further research is needed on women, focusing on physical performance and wellbeing, especially during intense periods.

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Predictors of Food and Physical Activity Tracking Among Young Adults

Cited by 7 publications

References 52 publications

The Appropriateness of Medical Devices Is Strongly Influenced by Sex and Gender

The Appropriateness of Medical Devices Is Strongly Influenced by Sex and Gender

Acute Effect of Passive Hyperthermia on Lactate Concentrations

The Effect of Caffeine Supplementation on Female Volleyball Players’ Performance and Wellness during a Regular Training Week

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