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Gula, Louie; Sumayang, Kevin – Online Submission, 2022
This study aims to identify the following factors that affect the physical inactivity of the students in saint joseph college aged 12-16 years old. It aims to understand the impact of this crisis and how to address this pressing issue. A descriptive- survey research design was utilized to document the respondents' behavior, demographics, and…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Secondary School Students, Obesity, COVID-19
Pulat Demir, Halime; Serarslan, Mustafa Zahit – Online Submission, 2020
In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the perception of body, nutrition and exercise of obese children and their situations causing obesity. This study was carried out on 14 children aged 10 years old living in Avcilar district of Istanbul, who were classified as obese according to the World Health Organization (WHO) percentiles. Since the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Nutrition, Human Body
Beagrie, Lesley – Online Submission, 2011
Imagine a partnership of university and community which addresses the needs of the community to keep its citizens healthy as long as possible. Through a planning exercise to address the community's needs in primary health care and health promotion, the university has developed key strategic directions to help support the needs of the community it…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Prevention, Diabetes, Physical Fitness
Yazici, Dila; Akgül, Esra; Akman, Berrin – Online Submission, 2015
Starting to be implemented as of the 1960s, early intervention programs are frequently employed at the present time. Researchers develop and implement early intervention programs in various subjects and areas. These programs may be family-based, school-based, community-based, or a combination of them. This study aimed at comparing the early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Family Programs, Early Childhood Education
Whitehead, Tanya D. – Online Submission, 2007
Given the unprecedented global incidence of overweight in children, the issues that potentially create and sustain a circumstance of epidemic childhood overweight, and the efforts that are underway to prevent and remediate childhood overweight need to be examined. The article explores potentially interrelated causes of obesity/overweight in…
Descriptors: Obesity, Incidence, Children, Public Policy