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Direct linkMank, Isabel; De Neve, Jan-Walter; Mauti, Joy; Gyengani, Guillaume A.; Somé, Paul-André; Shinde, Sachin; Fawzi, Wafaie; Bärnighausen, Till; Vandormael, Alain – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: The school presents an ideal environment to positively impact the long-term health and nutrition outcomes of early adolescents, who are at risk of obesity and anemia. Methods: In this cross-sectional survey, we described differences in weight and anemia by sociodemographic, diet and physical activity indicators among 1059 students aged…
Descriptors: Obesity, Early Adolescents, Junior High School Students, Diseases
Arlinghaus, Katherine R.; Ledoux, Tracey A.; Johnston, Craig A. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) declines during adolescence, particularly among girls. In this randomized control trial, we examined MVPA in a physical activity intervention compared to physical education (PE) class as usual (TAU), stratified by sex and weight classification. Standardized BMI (zBMI) overtime was also…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Middle School Students, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion
Almenara, Carlos A.; Ježek, Stanislav – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Some adolescents are victims of negative appearance-related feedback, and this may have lasting adverse effects on their self-evaluation. The aim of this study was to examine the frequency and impact of appearance teasing across sex and weight status. Methods: The participants were 570 Czech adolescents (47.9% girls) evaluated at age…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Regression (Statistics)
Lazorick, Suzanne; Fang, Xiangming; Hardison, George T.; Crawford, Yancey – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Motivating Adolescents with Technology to CHOOSE Health™ (MATCH) is an educational and behavioral intervention in seventh grade. Methods: Teachers in 2 schools delivered the MATCH curriculum, with 1 control school. Using a quasi-experimental design, outcome measures included lessons completed, body mass index (BMI), BMI z-score (zBMI),…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Early Adolescents, Grade 7
Erfle, Stephen E.; Gamble, Abigail – Journal of School Health, 2014
Background: In 2009, the Pennsylvania Department of Health developed the Active Schools Program (ASP) which required 30?minutes of daily physical education (PE) in middle schools to reduce childhood obesity. This investigation evaluated the ASP effects on physical fitness and weight status in middle school adolescents throughout 1 academic year.…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Physical Education, Child Health, Middle School Students
Peer reviewedFetro, Joyce V.; Coyle, Karin K.; Pham, Phong – Journal of School Health, 2001
Investigated the prevalence of health risk behaviors among diverse middle school students. Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey-Middle School indicated that respondents engaged in multiple health risk behaviors, with 24.4 percent seriously considering suicide, 53.5 percent having been in a physical fight, 50.2 percent ever drinking, 17.9…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Dietetics, Diversity (Student), Drinking
