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Caregivers' Reports of the Complex Impacts of the Pandemic on Family Food and Physical Activity Behaviors by Race, Ethnicity, Urbanicity, and Income
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Henderson, Maren S. G.; Ziegenfuss, Jeanette Y.; Dinh, Jennifer M.; Canterbury, Marna; Anderson, Andrea; Kottke, Thomas E.; JaKa, Meghan M. – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic affected health and well-being worldwide, but little is known about how the pandemic specifically impacted families with young children. Evidence suggests a relationship between well-being and health behaviors (diet, physical activity) and that preexisting health disparities were exacerbated during the pandemic.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activity Level, Racial Differences
Healthy Eating in a Boys & Girls Club Afterschool Programme: Barriers, Facilitators and Opportunities
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Brockman, Tabetha A.; Sim, Leslie A.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Bronars, Carrie A.; Meiers, Sonja J.; Tolleson, Ellen; Ridgeway, Jennifer L.; Asiedu, Gladys B.; Hanza, Marcelo M.; Olson, Molly A.; Slowiak, Kathleen A.; Weis, Jennifer A.; Patten, Christi A.; Clark, Matthew M.; Millerbernd, Jodi; Sia, Irene G.; Wieland, Mark L. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Youth Programs, After School Programs, Body Height
Longitudinal Changes in Behavioral Approach System Sensitivity and Brain Structures Involved in Reward Processing during Adolescence
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Urosevic, Snezana; Collins, Paul; Muetzel, Ryan; Lim, Kelvin; Luciana, Monica – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Adolescence is a period of radical normative changes and increased risk for substance use, mood disorders, and physical injury. Researchers have proposed that increases in reward sensitivity (i.e., sensitivity of the behavioral approach system [BAS]) and/or increases in reactivity to all emotional stimuli (i.e., reward and threat sensitivities)…
Descriptors: Brain, Neurological Organization, Behavior, Motivation
Disruptive Behavior and School Grades: Genetic and Environmental Relations in 11-Year-Olds
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Johnson, Wendy; McGue, Matt; Iacono, William G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
Disruptive behavior may be associated with poor academic achievement due to covariance with attention problems and low IQ. Evidence is based on clinical samples and on associations between problem behaviors in young children and later achievement difficulties. The contemporaneous relations and their genetic and environmental influences have not…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Grades (Scholastic), Genetics, Behavior Problems
Parent Involvement in Cigarette Smoking Prevention: Two Pilot Evaluations of the "Unpuffables Program."
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Perry, Cheryl L.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1990
Describes the "Unpuffables Program" in which two states tested receptivity to and feasibility of a smoking prevention activity package for fourth through sixth graders and parents. High awareness and participation rates were seen, and "Unpuffables" provided an opportunity to discuss smoking at home, motivating smokers to…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Family Environment, Health Education