Assumpta Ensenyat

National Institute of Physical Education (INEFC) · Centre de Lleida

El hockey patines infantil ha mantenido las reglas del deporte adulto y rara vez se ha diseñado para facilitar la condición física en la iniciación. El objetivo del estudio fue explorar los efectos de la variación del tamaño de la cancha y el número de participantes en las variables físicas en la iniciación de hockey sobre patines. Los participante...

Different international organizations and initiatives highlight the contribution of the traditional sporting games (TSGs) to favor the diversity of knowledge, values, and attitudes necessary for today’s society. TSG such as Marro trigger multimodal learning contexts (driving conducts, interpersonal and organic relationships), with great interest in...

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a high-intensity semisupervised exercise program alongside lifestyle counseling as an intervention for managing cardiometabolic risk in sedentary adults. Methods: A 40-week 3-arm randomized controlled clinical trial (16-wk intervention and 24-wk follow-up)...

Objectives 1) To evaluate and improve the suitability and readability of an educational booklet designed for use in an intervention aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles as a way to manage cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with low levels of physical activity and 2) to check its acceptability to real end users. Methods A 7-phase methodology w...

Sedentary lifestyle is associated with unfavourable health outcomes; however, few studies have analysed the daily fluctuations of sedentary behaviour in children. The aim was to characterise sedentary behaviour in low active, overweight/obese prepubertal children and to examine whether there were daily, age-or gender-based differences. In this obse...

Although the metabolic syndrome (MS) has usually been associated to adult health diseases, nowadays it also observed in overweight-obese (OW/OB) children. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of metabolic syndrome in OW/OB children in Lleida. The study is an observational study, where 46 OW/OB children between 10-12 years old have p...

Background: The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of different doses (intensity) of supervised exercise training - concomitant with lifestyle counselling - as a primary care intervention tool for the management of metabolic syndrome risk factors in low-active adults with one or more such factors (programme name in Catalan:...

Antecedentes. La inclusion de ejercicio fisico supervisado en las intervenciones para el tratamiento de la obesidad infantil es uno de los factores que puede determinar su eficacia. No obstante, aunque las sesiones hayan sido planificadas segun las recomendaciones, la respuesta real de los ninos/ninas no siempre ha sido cuantificada. La finalidad d...

Introduction: Treatment of childhood obesity is a complex challenge for primary health care professionals. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Nereu Program in improving anthropometric parameters, physical activity and sedentary behaviours, and dietary intake. Methods: Randomized, controlled, multicentre clinical trial comparing N...

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The aim is to assess the differences in frequency of school lunches, the adherence to the Mediterranean diet, sport practice and the parents’ educational level in school-age children according to their weight status. 352 school-age children recruited from schools in Catalonia participated (11.99 ± 1.5 years). Body weight status groups were grouped...

The aim of this article is to assess the differences in sedentary and physical activity behavior, physical fitness and quality of lifein school-age children according to their adiposity state (BMI-SD= Body Mass Index Standard deviation) and gender. 352 children participated in the study (11.99 ± 1.5 years). Children were assigned to a normal weight...

Obesity represents the new epidemics of the 20th century, due to its importance the INEFC and the Health Department of the Government of Catalonia in Lleida have put into practise a lifestyle intervention and a structured physical exercise program devoted to obese children and adolescents (8-14 years) and their families with the aim that they adopt...