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Direct linkSanderson, Jennifer M.; Desai, Mayur M.; White, Marney A. – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: Overweight adolescents engage in risk behaviors at different rates than healthy-weight peers. Most extant research has focused on white or regional samples. Purpose: This article examined associations between weight and risk behaviors and determined whether associations differ by race/ethnicity. Methods: Youth Risk Behavior Survey data…
Descriptors: Obesity, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Body Weight
Camhi, Sarah M.; Phillips, Jennie; Young, Deborah R. – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Physical education (PE) can improve physical fitness; however, little research has evaluated PE's long-term influence. The purpose is to determine PE's longitudinal effects on fitness in a group of adolescent girls and to determine whether body mass index (BMI) status influenced any potential effects. Methods: Participants were…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Physical Education, Obesity, Body Composition
Park, Eunkyung – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: Weight perception has been studied with a limited focus on "feeling overweight." This study, using a more inclusive definition of overestimation and underestimation, examines adolescents' weight perception focusing on how accurate it is in relation to body mass index (BMI)-based weight status and how it varies across socio-demographic…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Females, Ethnicity
Lewis, Richard D.; Meyer, Mary C.; Lehman, Salli C.; Trowbridge, Fredrick L.; Bason, James J.; Yurman, Katy H.; Yin, Zenong – Journal of School Health, 2006
The prevalence and severity of child and adolescent overweight (OW) in the United States have been documented, but little is known regarding the prevalence of OW and "Extent of Overweight" (EOW) in individual states or specific regions within states. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of OW and EOW in school-aged…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Scientific Concepts, Incidence, Educational Environment
Hannon, James C.; Ratliffe, Thomas; Williams, Daniel P. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2006
The body mass index (BMI), or the ratio of weight in kilograms to the square of height in meters, is widely used to determine the presence or absence of overweight and obesity in adults. Although many consider BMI an acceptable clinical surrogate of body fatness, it does not differentiate between fat and fat-free tissues. Thus, children and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Body Composition, Females
Fardy, Paul S.; Azzollini, Ann; Herman, Ariela – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2004
National health statistics highlight a serious problem in adolescent girls and boys. Too many teenagers are sedentary, unfit, overweight, and prone to related health consequences (Fagot-Campagna, Pettit, Engelgau, Burrows, & Geiss, 2000; Flegal, 1999; Ogden, Flegal, Carroll, & Johnson, 2002; Troiano & Flegal, 1998). Ethnic teens have been less…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Physical Education, Urban Schools
