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http://hdl.handle.net/10722/38749
2024-03-29T15:07:35ZPlay for disabled children in Taiwan and Hong Kong: parent perspectives
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/298609
Title: Play for disabled children in Taiwan and Hong Kong: parent perspectives
Authors: Beckett, AE; Encarnação, P; Chiu, CY; Ng, STM
Abstract: This article discusses the findings of an empirical study, the first to investigate Taiwanese and Hong Kong parents’ perspectives on their disabled children’s play. The study employed an online survey to explore parents’ views on (a) the value of play for their child; (b) their child’s experiences of play (e.g. where and with whom they play); c) what, if any, barriers their child experiences in/to play. Our analysis shows that disabled children living in Taiwan and Hong Kong face many of the same barriers to play as disabled children elsewhere (e.g. in the West), but that these barriers have distinct ‘local formations’ resulting from, for example, high-density urban-living, family-based welfare systems, prevailing gendered family roles/relations, persistent social stigma towards disabled people and their families and intense valuing of academic achievement within Chinese cultures. We present this article as an original contribution to Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies, to Global Disability Studies and Play Studies. The article concludes by mapping an agenda for further research into access to and inclusion in play for disabled children living in East Asia.2021-01-01T00:00:00ZDietary patterns and cardiovascular disease in Australian adults: Findings from the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/287746
Title: Dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease in Australian adults: Findings from the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey
Authors: Wong, MMH; Grech, A; Louie, JCY
Abstract: Background and aims:
Great discrepancies exist in results from studies examining the association between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in different populations. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the Australian Dietary Guidelines (ADG) 2013, Mediterranean-DASH diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND), Paleolithic and Okinawan dietary patterns and CVD respectively.
Methods and results:
In this cross-sectional secondary analysis of the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey, adults who self-reported physician-diagnosed CVD, completed two multiple-pass 24 h recalls and had no missing data on all confounders were analysed (weighted n = 5376; 295 CVD cases). Dietary intake was transformed to represent usual intake by the multiple source method. The score of Healthy Eating Index for Australian Adults (HEIFA-2013) was adopted for ADG 2013, while the scores of MIND, Paleolithic and Okinawan dietary patterns were constructed by separating the intake of each predefined food and nutrient into quintiles. The associations between the dietary patterns (as tertiles of scores) and CVD were examined using binary logistic regression adjusted for significant cardiovascular risk factors. Higher adherence to the Okinawan diet pattern was significantly associated with a reduced prevalence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) (OR per unit increase in dietary pattern score: 0.94, 95%CI: 0.90–0.98). Comparing its extreme tertiles, the OR was 0.49 (95%CI: 0.29–0.82; p trend < 0.01). The associations between HEIFA-2013, MIND and Paleolithic diet patterns and CVD were insignificant.
Conclusion:
The findings suggested an inverse association between adherence to Okinawan dietary pattern and prevalence of IHD in Australian adults.2020-01-01T00:00:00Z愉快創意寫作教學實驗---以中國神話為題材
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/285334
Title: 愉快創意寫作教學實驗---以中國神話為題材
Authors: Tse, WC2020-01-01T00:00:00ZLow-Frequency HIIT Improves Body Composition and Aerobic Capacity in Overweight Men
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/272679
Title: Low-Frequency HIIT Improves Body Composition and Aerobic Capacity in Overweight Men
Authors: CHIN, E; YU, A; Lai, C; Fong, D; Chan, D; Wong, S; Sun, F; Ngai, H; Yung, P; Siu, P
Abstract: Background:
The relationship between the frequency of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and the resultant adaptations is largely unclear.
Purpose:
This study compared the effects of different frequencies of HIIT with those of moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on body composition in overweight or obese adults.
Methods:
Fifty-six overweight or obese (BMI: 26.4±2.9) men aged between 18 and 30 years (age: 22.8±3.1) were randomly assigned to the following groups: no-intervention control (CON; n=14), MICT performed thrice weekly (MICT×3/wk; n=9), HIIT performed thrice weekly (HIIT×3/wk; n=14), HIIT performed twice weekly (HIIT×2/wk; n=10), and HIIT performed once weekly (HIIT×1/wk; n=9). Each HIIT session consisted of 12×1-min bouts at 90% heart rate reserve (HRR), interspersed with 11×1-min bouts at 70% HRR. Aerobic capacity, body composition, resting heart rate, vascular function, insulin resistance, and biomarkers of metabolic syndrome risk factor were examined at baseline, after 4 weeks and after 8 weeks of intervention.
Results:
Aerobic capacity and percent fat-free mass significantly increased in all exercise groups compared with those in the CON group (CON vs. all exercise groups: p<0.05), whereas body fat mass and systolic blood pressure significantly decreased after 8 weeks of intervention in all exercise groups compared with those in the CON group (CON vs. all exercise groups: p<0.05). Body fat mass significantly decreased after 4 weeks in all HIIT groups compared with those in the CON group (CON vs. all HIIT groups: p<0.05) but not in the MICT×3/wk group.
Conclusion:
These novel results demonstrated that performing HIIT once weekly, even with a lower weekly volume of exercise, improved cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and blood pressure in overweight/obese adults. Low-frequency HIIT might be a feasible and effective strategy for the prescription of an initial exercise program for inactive, overweight or obese young men.2019-01-01T00:00:00Z