80 percent of adolescents into sports don’t smoke

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– 80 percent of adolescents into sports dont smoke

Eight out of 10 adolescents taking part in sports activities dont smoke, according to a new study in Spain.

The study linking tobacco consumption and sports, based on a survey of 3,000 students between 13 and 18, was carried out by the University of Granada, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria, and the Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion School of Granada.

The survey, published in the journal Nutricion Hospitalaria, showed that 80 percent of the Spanish adolescents who play a game do not smoke.

But it also showed that over 40 percent of the adolescents do not practise any physical activity.

The survey revealed that 15 percent adolescents are regular smokers, slightly more girls than boys. There was a clear correlation between the practice of physical activity and tobacco consumption.

It also found that 59.2 percent of adolescents are physically active, although there are significant differences, gender-wise – 71.1 percent of boys, against 46.7 percent of girls.

These results show the importance of promoting physical activity and eradicating smoking, since physical activity, diet and tobacco and alcohol consumption were found to be linked with obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, osteoporosis and cancer.
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Spanish Study Shows Smoking-Sport Link

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– Spanish Study Shows Smoking-Sport Link

Spanish researchers say they have found a direct relation between sports and cutting adolescent tobacco usage.

Samplings of 3,000 adolescents ages 13 to 18 found 80 percent of those who played a sport did not smoke. This compared to 71.4 percent of physically inactive adolescents, reported researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council, the Universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria and the Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion School of Granada. Their findings, summarized in a press release, are being published in the journal Nutricion Hospitalaria.

Their percentages reportedly compared with similar studies of adolescents done in the United States. In the Spanish scientists opinion, results show the importance of promoting physical activity and eradicating tobacco consumption among youth as part of dealing with obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, osteoporosis and cancer. As physical activity decreases among adolescents as they get older, tobacco consumption increases, researchers said. (c) UPI
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El 80% de los adolescentes españoles que practica deporte no fuma, y el 40% no realiza ninguna actividad física

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– El 80% de los adolescentes españoles que practica deporte no fuma, y el 40% no realiza ninguna actividad física

El 80 por ciento de los adolescentes españoles que practica deporte no fuma, y el 40 por ciento no realiza ninguna actividad física, según muestran los datos del estudio Aumento del consumo de tabaco y reducción de la práctica de actividades físicas en los adolescentes españoles, realizado por investigadores del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), la Universidad de Granada, la de Murcia, Zaragoza y Cantabria, y la escuela Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Granada, y que ha sido publicado en Nutrición Hospitalaria.

Los expertos analizaron a casi 3.000 jóvenes, y observaron que el 59,2 por ciento de los adolescentes son físicamente activos, aunque hay diferencias importantes en relación con el sexo (un 71,1 por ciento de hombres frente a un 46,7 por ciento de mujeres).

En lo que se refiere al consumo de tabaco, los datos de la encuesta revelaron que el 15 por ciento de los adolescentes son fumadores habituales, y el número de mujeres es ligeramente mayor que el de hombres. En este sentido, señalaron que hay una clara correlación entre la practica de actividad física y el consumo del tabaco, ya que los resultados muestran que el 80,9 de los jóvenes activos no fuman.

Según la opinión de los especialistas, este trabajo muestra la importancia de adoptar medidas para promover la práctica de deporte así como erradicar el consumo de tabaco, ya que, además, la dieta, el alcohol y fumar están relacionados con la obesidad, la diabetes, los problemas coronarios, la osteoporosis y el cáncer.

Mientras que el nivel de la práctica deportiva disminuye en los adolescentes a medida que crecen, el consumo de tabaco aumenta, por lo que los investigadores subrayaron la importancia de crear estrategias para intervenir en ambas conductas.
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Granada ´exporta´ a Vigo su sistema de medición del ruido

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– Granada ´exporta´ a Vigo su sistema de medición del ruido

La empresa danesa Bruël y Kjaer fabricará los sonómetros de la capital gallega como ya hizo para el diseño del mapa acústico granadino.

El sistema de medición de ruido en las calles de Granada está creando escuela y servirá para controlar la contaminación acústica de otras capitales españolas como Vigo. La concejal de Medio Ambiente de esta ciudad gallega, María Jesús Lago, se reunió la semana pasada con los responsables de la empresa Bruël y Kjaer, la misma que fabricó los aparatos para la capital granadina.

El Ayuntamiento vigués mantendrá durante esta semana un nuevo encuentro con estos proveedores con la idea de instalar estos aparatos que ya funcionan en las calles granadinas en el centro de Vigo, ciudad que está ultimando su mapa de ruidos. En Galicia pretenden hacer los datos accesibles a los ciudadanos y que éstos puedan consultarlos, por ejemplo, para decidirse a la hora de comprar una vivienda dependiendo del nivel de ruido de la zona donde esté. El Ayuntamiento de Granada expuso el mapa de ruidos de la capital la pasada primavera.

El estudio fue realizado por la Universidad de Granada basándose en los datos de estos sonómetros diseñados por esta empresa danesa, líder en el sector, que ahora exporta sus aparatos también a Vigo. Los resultados en Granada fueron diferentes dependiendo del distrito. En una de cada cinco calles de la capital se exceden los 65 decibelios, umbral máximo recomendado por la ley vigente. El barrio más silencioso es el Albaicín y el más ruidoso el Beiro.

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La UGR instalará paneles de energía fotovoltaica en todas sus instalaciones

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– La UGR instalará paneles de energía fotovoltaica en todas sus instalaciones

La Universidad da luz verde a su nuevo plan de ahorro y sacará a concurso el mes que viene el suministro energético de sus centros para los próximos 25 años

Todos los espacios que dependen de la Universidad de Granada (UGR), las escuelas y facultades de los cinco campus universitarios además de los de Ceuta y de Melilla, están cada vez más cerca de contar con una instalación de energía solar fotovoltaica.

El mes que viene vamos a sacar a concurso la instalación de las cubiertas de energía fotovoltaica para todos los centros universitarios de Granada, informó ayer el director de la Oficina de Energía de la UGR, Antonio Espín.

Teniendo en cuenta la superficie disponible en la UGR, esta iniciativa supondrá un plan espectacular de ahorro energético que hará de la Universidad un referente mundial.

La UGR debe convertirse en la institución granadina que lidere el desarrollo energético y que sirva de ejemplo al resto de la sociedad, como modelo de gestión energética de edificios, instalaciones, formación e investigación. Así rezaba el programa de la candidatura del equipo de Francisco González Lodeiro hace apenas unos meses y que le valió la presidencia del Gobierno de la UGR por cuatro años. Este compromiso es ya un proyecto real.

Dado que la inversión que precisa la instalación de estas cubiertas (transforman la energía solar en energía eléctrica) es muy elevada, la UGR derivará el proyecto a una empresa privada y se lo tomará como un fondo de inversión. Adjudicará el proyecto a una compañía que podrá explotarlo durante 25 años y luego decidirá si quiere hacerse cargo de él o, si para entonces existe un sistema más avanzado, dejarlo en manos de otros, dice el director de la Oficina de Energía.

Aunque actualmente es impensable la autofinanciación de la UGR, el primer paso para lograrlo comienza en este punto. La idea de la directiva es destinar parte de los beneficios que se obtengan con la instalación de placas solares a investigación y la otra a la reforma de los centros.

El Plan Director de Ahorro y Desarrollo Energético Sostenible de la UGR aspira a obtener la calificación y certificación energética de todos los edificios e instalaciones universitarias granadinas. Aunque el objetivo a corto plazo es reducir la factura eléctrica.

Las instalaciones de energía solar gozan de una rentabilidad contrastada (actualmente superior al 11% en solar fotovoltaica) a lo largo de la vida de la instalación, que se estima superior a los 40 años. Para elaborar el plan se procederá a un estudio individualizado de la orientación y características de cada edificio de la UGR, afirma Espín.

El proyecto que ya es una realidad es el de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Caminos. El gerente de la empresa Assyce Ingenieros, César Fiñana, se ha ofrecido a instalar gratis los paneles solares fotovoltaicos que hacen falta.

Es el gesto de un antiguo alumno que ahora encabeza una de las constructoras más prometedoras de la provincia.

A la espera de que la Consejería de Empleo de la Junta de Andalucía dé el visto bueno, Assyce instalará cubiertas de energía fotovoltaica que producirán unos 73 kilovatios al año y que, según Antonio Espín, tendrán un coste de unos 400.000 euros. El compromiso es que Assyce explote esta instalación durante 9 años y luego se haga cargo la UGR, explica el director de la Oficina universitaria de la Energía.
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Ideal

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Granada Hoy

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Actual – Pág. 3: Literatura y teatro parten desde Albolote en la revista \’Alhucema\’
Actual – Pág. 4: Un curso aborda \’desde el torno\’ la cerámica de Medina Elvira
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80 percent of adolescents who play sports don’t smoke

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– 80 percent of adolescents who play sports dont smoke

Sports and tobacco consumption are directly related, according to a study carried out by researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council- CSIC, the Universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria, and the Nuestra Seora de la Consolacin School of Granada. This work has proved that those Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke usually (8 of every 10), and more than 40% of the adolescents aged between 13 and 18 do not practice any physical activity.

The article Increase of tobacco consumption and reduction of the physical activity practice level in Spanish adolescents: AVENA Study, published in the journal Nutricin Hospitalaria, has analysed the relationship between tobacco and sports in a sample of about 3,000 students from Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza, who were applied a questionnaire to get to know their habits on this matter.

According to this research work, with the participation of the UGR Professors Pablo Tercedor, Palma Chilln, and Manuel Delgado, 59.2% of the adolescents are physically active, although there are significant differences according to sex (71.1% of the boys as against 46.7% of the girls). These percentages coincide with other similar studies carried out in the USA, although the results are below those obtained in France (where 75% of men play a sport, as against 58% of women).

Girls smoke more

As regards tobacco consumption the survey has revealed that 15% adolescents are regular smokers, slightly more girls than boys. There is a clear correlation between the practice of physical activity and tobacco consumption, as 80.9 per cent of the active subjects say they do not smoke, as against 71.4% of the non-active.

In the scientists opinion, these results show the importance of adopting measures to promote the practice of physical activity and eradicate tobacco consumption, as it has been proved how physical activity, diet and tobacco and alcohol consumption are related to obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, osteoporosis and cancer. Whereas the practice levels of physical activity in adolescents decrease as they get older, tobacco consumption increase, which reveals the importance of adopting intervention strategies on both conducts.

This work has also analysed the attitudes and motivations that encourage to tobacco consumption among the young, such as the use of this toxic substance as a mechanism to control body weight, a method to calm down, a curiosity or a with to feel older, among others.

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Reference Prof. Pablo Tercedor Snchez. Department of Physical and Sports Education of the University of Granada. Tel: +34 958244390 E-mail: tercedor@ugr.es
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Eighty percent of Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke

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– Eighty percent of Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke

Sports and tobacco consumption are related, according to a research carried out by scientists of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council – CSIC, the Universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria, and the Nuestra Senora de la Consolacion School of Granada. This work has proved that those Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke usually (8 of every 10), and more than 40% of the adolescents aged between 13 and 18 do not practice any physical activity.

The article Increase of tobacco consumption and reduction of the physical activity practice level in Spanish adolescents: AVENA Study, published in the journal Nutricion Hospitalaria, has analysed the relationship between tobacco and sports in a sample of about 3,000 students from Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza, who were applied a questionnaire to get to know their habits on this matter.

According to this research work, with the participation of the UGR Professors Pablo Tercedor, Palma Chillon, and Manuel Delgado, 59.2% of the adolescents are physically active, although there are significant differences according to sex (71.1% of the boys as against 46.7% of the girls). These percentages coincide with other similar studies carried out in the USA, although the results are below those obtained in France (where 75% of men play a sport, as against 58% of women).

As regards tobacco consumption the survey has revealed that 15% adolescents are regular smokers, slightly more girls than boys. There is a clear correlation between the practice of physical activity and tobacco consumption, as 80.9 per cent of the active subjects say they do not smoke, as against 71.4% of the non-active.

In the scientists opinion, these results show the importance of adopting measures to promote the practice of physical activity and eradicate tobacco consumption, as it has been proved how physical activity, diet and tobacco and alcohol consumption are related to obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, osteoporosis and cancer. Whereas the practice levels of physical activity in adolescents decrease as they get older, tobacco consumption increase, which reveals the importance of adopting intervention strategies on both conducts.

This work has also analysed the attitudes and motivations that encourage to tobacco consumption among the young, such as the use of this toxic substance as a mechanism to control body weight, a method to calm down, a curiosity or a with to feel older, among others.
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Majority Of Spanish Teens Playing Sports Don’t Smoke

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– Majority Of Spanish Teens Playing Sports Dont Smoke

A research work carried out in sample of teenagers aged between 13 and 18 from Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza has analysed the relationship between sport activity and smoking. According to this work, 59.2 percent of the Spanish teens are physically active, although there are significant differences according to sex (71.1 percent of boys, as against 46.7 percent of girls).

Sports and tobacco consumption are directly related, according to a study carried out by researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council-CSIC, the Universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria, and the Nuestra Señora de la Consolación School of Granada. This work has proved that those Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke usually (8 of every 10), and more than 40% of the adolescents aged between 13 and 18 do not practice any physical activity.

The article Increase of tobacco consumption and reduction of the physical activity practice level in Spanish adolescents: AVENA Study (Incremento del consumo de tabaco y disminución del nivel de práctica de actividad física en adolescentes españoles: Estudio AVENA) , published in the journal Nutrición Hospitalaria, has analysed the relationship between tobacco and sports in a sample of about 3,000 students from Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza, who were applied a questionnaire to get to know their habits on this matter.

According to this research work, with the participation of the UGR Professors UGR Pablo Tercedor, Palma Chillón, and Manuel Delgado, 59.2% of the adolescents are physically active, although there are significant differences according to sex (71.1% of the boys as against 46.7% of the girls). These percentages coincide with other similar studies carried out in the USA, although the results are below those obtained in France (where 75% of men play a sport, as against 58% of women).

Girls smoke more
As regards tobacco consumption the survey has revealed that 15% adolescents are regular smokers, slightly more girls than boys. There is a clear correlation between the practice of physical activity and tobacco consumption, as 80.9 per cent of the active subjects say they do not smoke, as against 71.4% of the non-active.

In the scientists’ opinion, these results show the importance of adopting measures to promote the practice of physical activity and eradicate tobacco consumption, as it has been proved how physical activity, diet and tobacco and alcohol consumption are related to obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, osteoporosis and cancer. Whereas the practice levels of physical activity in adolescents decrease as they get older, tobacco consumption increase, which reveals the importance of adopting intervention strategies on both conducts.

This work has also analysed the attitudes and motivations that encourage to tobacco consumption among the young, such as the use of this toxic substance as a mechanism to control body weight, a method to calm down, a curiosity or a with to feel older, among others.

Reference
Prof Pablo Tercedor Sánchez. Department of Physical and Sports Education of the UGR.

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80 Percent Of Adolescents Who Play Sports Don’t Smoke, Spanish Study Finds

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– 80 Percent Of Adolescents Who Play Sports Dont Smoke, Spanish Study Finds

Sports and tobacco consumption are directly related, according to a new study by researchers in Spain.

The work was carried out by researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council- CSIC, the Universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria, and the Nuestra Señora de la Consolación School of Granada. Results of the study show that those Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke usually (8 of every 10), and more than 40% of the adolescents aged between 13 and 18 do not practice any physical activity.

In the article Increase of tobacco consumption and reduction of the physical activity practice level in Spanish adolescents: AVENA Study, published in the journal Nutrición Hospitalaria, the researchers analysed the relationship between tobacco and sports in a sample of about 3,000 students from Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza, who filled out a questionnaire to get to know their habits on this matter.

According to the study, with the participation of the UGR Professors Pablo Tercedor, Palma Chillón, and Manuel Delgado, 59.2% of the adolescents are physically active, although there are significant differences according to sex (71.1% of the boys as against 46.7% of the girls). These percentages coincide with other similar studies carried out in the USA, although the results are below those obtained in France (where 75% of men play a sport, as against 58% of women).

Girls smoke more

As regards tobacco consumption, the survey has revealed that 15% adolescents are regular smokers, slightly more girls than boys. There is a clear correlation between the practice of physical activity and tobacco consumption, as 80.9 per cent of the active subjects say they do not smoke, as against 71.4% of the non-active.

In the scientists’ opinion, these results show the importance of adopting measures to promote the practice of physical activity and eradicate tobacco consumption, as it has been proved how physical activity, diet and tobacco and alcohol consumption are related to obesity, diabetes, coronary disease, osteoporosis and cancer. Whereas the practice levels of physical activity in adolescents decrease as they get older, tobacco consumption increase, which reveals the importance of adopting intervention strategies on both conducts.

This work has also analysed the attitudes and motivations that encourage to tobacco consumption among the young, such as the use of this toxic substance as a mechanism to control body weight, a method to calm down, a curiosity or a with to feel older, among others.
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