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Meseri, Reci; Küçükerdönmez, Özge; Akder, Rana Nagihan – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To determine prevalence of eating attitude disorder (EAD) and the effect of self-esteem on EAD in female university students. Study Design: In this cross-sectional study, female university students were included. The dependent variable was EAD determined by Eating Attitude Test-40. Socio-demographic characteristics, body perception,…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Student Attitudes, College Students, Self Esteem
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Özlem Öztürk Sahin; Aysel Topan; Zeynep Aközlü; Tugçe Kolukisa – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
This study was conducted to evaluate the BMI of the children with intellectual disability and the factors affecting their BMI. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out between March 2016 and April 2016 in Turkey and consisted of 135 children. Children's anthropometric measurements were and their BMI values were calculated.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Parent Background
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Ok, Merve; Yenikalayci, Nisa; Harman, Gonca – Journal of Science Learning, 2023
Healthy nutrition is essential in preventing possible diseases and treating existing diseases by controlling their course. Based on this importance, adolescence is one of the periods to be considered. Adolescence is a fundamental determinant of healthy life in adulthood and old age. Healthy nutrition awareness gained in this period will raise…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Knowledge Level
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Durmus, Hasan; Solak, Yavuzalp – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The aim of this study was to demonstrate the change in weights of primary school students who could not attend school in the last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students height and weight were recorded in March 2020 and in March 2021 by the researchers. The study was completed with the participation of 29 female and 29 male. The percentile…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Weight, Elementary School Students, COVID-19
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Coskun, Ali; Sahin, Gülsah – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of perception of the close environment on obesity and physical activity levels in university students. Included in this study were 113 students between 18-25 years of age, taking into account that there may be erroneous and missing data according to the 95% confidence level in the pre-sample size…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activity Level, Environmental Influences, College Students
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Zengin, Samet; Kirkbir, Fatih – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Depending on the developing technology, individuals started to pursue a less active lifestyle. The sedentary lifestyle has brought along many health problems. One of these health problems is obesity. Awareness of obesity is important for individual health. One of the applications that can be implemented to cope with obesity is exercise. This study…
Descriptors: Correlation, Exercise, Addictive Behavior, Physical Activity Level
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Ciloglu, Hulya; Yilmaz, Medine – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
This cross-sectional study was carried out to investigate the self-perception of primary school students aged 10-14 and their attitudes toward obese children (n = 693). There was a weak, positive, and highly significant correlation between the mean scores for the overall Attitude Toward Obese Children Scale, the Self-Perception Profile for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Obesity