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Kozakai, Rumi; Nishita, Yukiko; Otsuka, Rei; Ando, Fujiko; Shimokata, Hiroshi – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
Physical fitness is one of the key factors in healthy aging. Although physical fitness is widely recognized to decline with age, age-related decreases in the individual dimensions of physical fitness in later life are less clear. Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to describe the age-related changes in six fitness components covering a…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Adults
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Takakura, Minoru; Nagayama, Tomoko; Sakihara, Seizo; Willcox, Craig – Journal of School Health, 2001
Surveyed Japanese high school students' health risk behavior patterns, examining clustering and accumulation of health risk behaviors. Physical inactivity and alcohol use were the most common risk behaviors. Prevalence rates for most risk behaviors varied by demographic variables. Smoking, drinking, and sexual intercourse clustered among both…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Dietetics, Drinking, Foreign Countries
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
When Canadian parents look back on their own lives and the lives of their parents, they see changes across a generation that have profoundly affected their parenting experience, compared to when they themselves were young children. Supports for today's parents must take into consideration these changes that affect the care and nurturing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Age Differences, Young Children