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Direct linkEliana Romina Meza-Miranda; Solange Liliana Parra-Soto; Samuel Durán-Agüero; Georgina Gomez; Valeria Carpio-Arias; Israel Ríos-Castillo; Ana Gabriela Murillo; Jacqueline Araneda; Gladys Morales; Brian M. Cavagnari; Edna J. Nava-González; Jhon J. Bejarano-Roncancio; Beatriz Núñez; Karla Cordón-Arrivillaga; Saby Mauricio-Alza; Leslie Landaeta-Díaz – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Introduction: Short sleep, physical inactivity, and being locked up are risk factors for weight gain. Objective: We evaluated weight gain according to sex, age, hours of sleep and physical activity in university students from 10 Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Cross-sectional and multicenter study (n = 4880).…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Sleep, Physical Activity Level, College Students
Atike Yilmaz; Fatih Mirze – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Introduction: This article reports the physical abilities and physical wellness of three groups of children with different neurodevelopmental disabilities--Autism, Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability. Methods: The causal-comparative research method was implemented in this study. The participants comprised 32 students with moderate…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Psychomotor Skills, Wellness, Children
Sophie Garnier; Sandra Joffroy; Bernard Thon; Gérard Auneau; Pascale Mauriège – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Brisk walking helps postmenopausal women to maintain body weight and fat mass losses as well cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and to feel better. However, these long-term benefits have not been fully examined. The aims of this study were to compare the effects of a 2-year follow-up with those of a 4-month walking programme on body…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, Females
Huaijin Xu; Weimo Zhu; Xiong Qin; Zezhao Chen; Xiaotian Gao – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2024
Using the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (weighted population size = 35,460,209; 8-18 years old; 52.1% males), we compared the obesity prevalence in children and adolescents between body mass index-based (BMI-based) and total percent body fat-based (BF%-based, measured by the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) cutoffs.…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Incidence, Body Composition
Luciana Zuest; Saemi Lee; Riley Lau; Janaina Fogaça; Dawn E. Clifford – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
To address widespread weight stigma across the physical activity landscape, scholars have emphasized the need to provide exercise professionals with educational programs that help them (a) identify their biases, (b) reflect on their assumptions about higher-weight individuals, and (c) apply tangible strategies to enhance the inclusivity of fitness…
Descriptors: Exercise, Professional Personnel, Intervention, Body Composition
Seher Can; Filiz Tuna – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To investigate the impact of generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) on eating behavior. Participants: Physical therapy and rehabilitation students. Methods: The Beighton evaluation (a cutoff of 5/9) for defining GJH. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) was used for eating disorders. Smoking habits and alcohol use were also questioned.…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, College Students, Student Attitudes, Eating Disorders
Amy E. Allnutt; Daniel J. Smith; William A. Torrence; Dayna S. Alexander – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This cross-sectional study examined the weight bias attitudes and obesity beliefs of health science (HS), nursing, and pre-medicine undergraduate students. Methods: Using snowballing and convenience sampling strategies, students (N = 139) completed an online survey, including a 24-item Antifat Attitudes Scale (AFAS) and eight-item…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Body Weight, Obesity, Beliefs
Wesley O'Brien; Sarahjane Belton; Ben Fitzpatrick; Stephen Shannon; Deirdre Brennan; Fiona Chambers; Karol O'Donovan; Gavin Breslin – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Research has shown that childhood physical activity participation has a positive relationship with markers of wellbeing, such as self-esteem and quality of life, and physical activity participation may serve as protective mechanism against some mental illnesses including depression. The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physical Activity Level, Computer Use, Body Composition
Madeline Palermo; Diana Rancourt; Adrienne Juarascio – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The current study tested whether proposed sport-related risk factors for disordered eating behaviors were associated with increases in disordered eating over first-year college athletes' first four months of collegiate sport participation. Participants: Participants included a sample of first-year college athletes (N = 59, 45% female)…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Eating Disorders, College Freshmen
Alyssa M. Minnick; Fary M. Cachelin; Virginia Gil-Rivas – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College men may be at risk for binge eating (BE) but are underrepresented in research. This study aimed to examine if body weight/shape concerns, perceived stress, and psychological distress significantly contributed to the likelihood of BE over the past 28 days. Participants: A racially/ethnically diverse sample (N = 873) of college…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Health Behavior, Minority Group Students, College Students
Elona Krasniqi; Dan Liu; Marek Blatny; Alexander T. Vazsonyi – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
The present study tested the developmental links between maternal closeness and support and measures of depression and anxiety symptoms, and whether these links were conditioned by pubertal status. It was hypothesized that pubertal status (early) would potentiate the negative links (stronger relationships) between maternal positive parenting and…
Descriptors: Puberty, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
Jessica Rose Szczepanski; Ruth E. Litchfield; Erica A. Beirman; Lisa M. Nolting; Ulrike Genschel – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: College is characterized by transition, students shifting from dependence to independence in numerous roles/responsibilities. Deficiencies in food/nutrition aptitudes and dietary intake exist, evidenced by declining physical well-being and poor eating patterns/practices within the population. Studies examining interventions to improve…
Descriptors: College Students, Land Grant Universities, Nutrition Instruction, Cooking Instruction
Kyle T. Ganson; Jason M. Nagata – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To identify the lifetime prevalence and correlates of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs and substances (APEDS) use among a national sample of US college and university students. Participants: Student participants from the 2020-2021 Healthy Minds Study (N = 7,401; ages 18-30 years). Methods: Lifetime prevalence of five forms of…
Descriptors: Incidence, Substance Abuse, Health Behavior, Exercise
Xiaoxia Zhang; Xiangli Gu; Tsz Lun Chu; Joonyoung Lee; Tao Zhang – Elementary School Journal, 2024
This study was to evaluate weight status and sociodemographic disparities in physical activity (PA) intensities (i.e., vigorous PA [VPA], moderate PA [MPA], and light PA [LPA]) during different segments of the school day, including physical education (PE), recess, and lunchtime. Participants were 287 third-grade students (Mage = 8.38, SD = 0.50).…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, School Schedules, Time Factors (Learning)
Robert Booker; Riley Galloway; Melinda Novik; Raymond Jones; Megan E. Holmes – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: 'Drunkorexia' is characterized by compensating for alcohol-related calories using physical activity (PA). Drunkorexia is common on college campuses but little is known about the PA behaviors within the drunkorexia paradigm. Methods: First-year college students living on campus completed an online survey collecting drunkorexia, PA, and…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Physical Activity Level, Gender Differences
