Association Between School Policies and Built Environment, and Youth's Participation in Various Types of Physical Activities.

Background: School environmental characteristics may be associated with youth's participation in different types of physical activities (PAs). This study aimed to identify which school policies and built environmental characteristics were associated with participation in organized, nonorganized, individual, and group-based activities.

Methods: This cross-sectional analysis included 776 students in grade 5 or 6 from 16 schools.

Monitoring activities of teenagers to comprehend their habits: study protocol for a mixed-methods cohort study.

Background: Efforts to increase physical activity in youth need to consider which activities are most likely to be sustained over time in order to promote lifelong participation in physical activity. The Monitoring Activities of Teenagers to Comprehend their Habits (MATCH) study is a prospective cohort study that uses quantitative and qualitative methods to develop new knowledge on the sustainability of specific physical activities.

Methods/design: Eight hundred and forty-three grade 5 and 6 students recruited from 17 elementary schools in New Brunswick, Canada, are followed-up three times per year.

Availability of nutrition screening parameters in New Brunswick hospitals and nursing homes.

We explored the availability of parameters for a nutrition screening system among elderly people in New Brunswick (NB) health care facilities. Patients aged 65 or older were asked to participate in the study; each participant had been admitted to one of four hospitals or lived in one of six nursing homes. Availability of nutrition screening parameters (weight, height, weight change, serum albumin level, appetite, and food intake record) was assessed by auditing the participants' medical charts.