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Child and Family Policy Center, 2012
This most recent Iowa Kids Count data book, "Iowa Kids Count 2011: Trends in the Well-Being of Iowa Children," provides data on 20 different indicators of child and family well-being at the United States, Iowa, substate and county level. The annually produced data book presents health, education, welfare and economic data including…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Health, Counties, Child Abuse
Child and Family Policy Center, 2011
This most recent Iowa Kids Count data book, "Iowa Kids Count 2010: Trends in the Well-Being of Iowa Children," provides data on 20 different indicators of child and family well-being at the United States, Iowa, substate and county level. The annually produced data book presents health, education, welfare and economic data including…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Health, Counties, Child Abuse
Grenier, Victoria; And Others – 1983
Research has found that depressed moods increase eating among persons who are dieting and among those characterized by high levels of weight fluctuation. To determine whether eating improves depressed moods among persons who score high on the weight fluctuation factor on the Restraint Scale (Herman, et al, 1978), 72 college women consumed either a…
Descriptors: Body Weight, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Eating Habits
Counts, Carol R.; Adams, Henry E. – 1984
Research has indicated that bulimics desire to weigh below the minimum healthy weight for their height. In order to examine differences between subjects' and raters' assessment of ideal body size, women participants were separated into four groups, consisting of 11 bulimics and 36 normal-weight females divided into dieters, restrained normals, and…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Females
Child and Family Policy Center, 2010
This latest annually produced Iowa Kids Count data book, "Iowa Kids Count 2009: Trends in the Well-Being of Iowa Children," provides data on 18 different indicators of child and family well-being at the United States, Iowa, substate and county-level. The 18 indicators presented in the data book contain an expanse of data from economic,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Health, Counties, Child Abuse
DelRosario, Marlene W.; And Others – 1983
Young adult females' attitudes toward body weight regulation contain important emotional components. To study the effects of body weight cues on emotionality, 160 college students (75 females, 85 males) completed either a body weight related (Q1) or control (Q2) questionnaire prior to taking the California Test of Personality (CTP). An analysis of…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, College Students, Emotional Response
Child and Family Policy Center, 2009
This new Iowa Kids Count data book, "Iowa Kids Count 2008: Trends in the Well-Being of Iowa Children," is the latest annually produced book containing data on 18 different indicators of child and family well-being for the United States, Iowa and its 99 counties. The 18 indicators provide a wealth of health, education, welfare and…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Health, Counties, Child Abuse
Basow, Susan A.; Schneck, Renae – 1983
In the past 10 years, eating disorders among adolescent females have become of increasing concern. To assess the prevalence of eating disorders, unusual eating-related behaviors and attitudes, and psychological states among college women, 677 women, from three private northeastern United States colleges, completed a questionnaire assessing…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Body Image, Body Weight, College Students
Eshelman, Anne K. – 1984
Understanding the dynamics of premature termination from treatment would be useful for practitioners working with clients requiring prolonged treatment. Compliance in weight management was examined in three studies in order to explore the broader issue of compliance. In study 1, a standard 10-week cognitive behavioral weight management program was…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Cognitive Restructuring, Contingency Management
Katzman, Melanie A.; Wolchik, Sharlene A. – 1983
Recent studies have indicated that bulimia, characterized by binge eating followed by depressed mood and purging, is increasing. To investigate the behavioral and emotional antecedents and consequences of binge eating in women, 22 female college students (14 diagnosed bulimics, 8 binge eaters) completed self-monitoring forms for four binges.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Body Weight, College Students
Drotar, Dennis – 1984
Children diagnosed with environmentally based failure to thrive early during their first year of life were seen at 12 and 18 months for assessment of psychological development (cognition, language, symbolic play, and behavior during testing). Based on a transactional model of outcome, factors reflecting biological vulnerability (wasting and…
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Family Income, Family Size
Lichtenstein, Brenda; Sherman, A. Robert – 1983
The present research program began as a preliminary attempt to examine the relationship between client and treatment loci of control as a predictor of success in weight control programs. In the first phase of the research, individuals previously attempting weight loss, and the programs they had pursued, were classified as being either primarily…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Weight, Clinics, College Students
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Pommering, Thomas L.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1994
Evaluation of a 10-week aerobic exercise program on 14 community-based adults with mental retardation found a 91.3% attendance rate and significant increases in maximal oxygen consumption, oxygen pulse, maximum ventilation, exercise stress test duration, and flexibility. However, no significant changes were observed in weight or body composition.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aerobics, Body Composition, Body Weight
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Pirie, Phyllis L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Smoking among young women is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. Gender-specific influences on smoking, quitting, and attempting to quit were hypothesized and surveyed. More women than men currently smoke, but quitting attempts are equally common. Programs addressing issues of concern to young women smokers are needed. (AF)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Weight, Females, Health Behavior
Poehler, David L. – 1984
A pilot project examined the effectiveness of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in teaching selected concepts of health and fitness: coronary risk, lifestyle, and nutrition as related to weight control. A convenience sample of 58 students from two Concepts of Health and Fitness classes were randomly assigned to two groups, both of which used…
Descriptors: Body Weight, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware