Effect of a Web-Based Nutritional and Physical Activity Intervention With Email Support (the EDDY Program) on Primary School Children's BMI Z-Score During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Intervention Study.

Background: COVID-19 mitigation measures enhanced increases in children's weight and BMI due to decreased physical activity and increased energy intake. Overweight and obesity were major worldwide problems before the pandemic, and COVID-19 increased their severity even more. High BMI directly correlates with health disadvantages including cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, and mental health diseases.

Cardiovascular risk of veterans' football: An observational cohort study with follow-up.

Background: The cardiac stress for veteran football players during match is considerable. In this specific elderly population, the kinetics of exercise-induced cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and B-Type natriuretic peptide (BNP) could potentially be related to cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) and cardiovascular disease and are therefore be investigated for their usefulness as an complement to established screening measures.

Methods: cTnI and BNP was measured in 112 veteran football players (age: 51 ± 10 years) within 30 minutes pre- and post-match.

Influence of a 7-day Transalpine Trail Run on cardiac biomarkers and myocardial function.

Intense physical exercise is known to increase cardiac biomarkers; however, it is unclear, whether this phenomenon is physiological, or if it indicates myocardial tissue injury. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of seven consecutive days of excessive endurance exercise on continuous assessment of cardiac biomarkers, function, and tissue injury. During a 7-day trail-running competition (Transalpine Run, distance 267.

Myocarditis Screening Methods in Athletes After SARS-CoV-2 Infection - a Systematic Review.

This review aims to elucidate the myocarditis incidence in SARS-CoV-2-positive athletes and to evaluate different screening approaches to derive sports cardiological recommendations after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The overall incidence of athletes (age span 17-35 years, 70% male) with myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 infection was 1.2%, with a high variation between studies (which contrasts an incidence of 4.

Correlation of Walking Activity and Cardiac Hospitalizations in Coronary Patients for 1 Year Post Cardiac Rehabilitation: The More Steps, the Better!

Problem: Reducing risk by improving fitness is one of the main objectives of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). To estimate how the number of steps/day post-CR affects coronary patients' prognosis, we analyzed its correlation with the occurrence of death, hospitalizations, and heart complaints, and if and how other variables (ejection fraction (EF), gender, age) relate to those.

Methods: One hundred eleven patients (male = 91, female = 20; average age ± standard deviation (SD): 61 ± 11 years) who had been in CR due to recent coronary revascularization or chronic coronary syndrome could be enrolled.