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Chu, Meijie; Lee, Chun-Yang; Li, Xian; Zhao, Zeyu; Gao, Min; Chiang, Yi-Chen – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Social factors play an important role in adolescents' behaviors. This study aims to understand percentages of health risk behaviors across country in Europe, North America, and China; explore the associations between friendly school and family contexts and involvement for several health risk behaviors among adolescents. Methods: Data…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Peer Relationship, Social Influences
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Lloyd, Meghann; Temple, Viviene A.; Foley, John T. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The purpose of this study was to describe the BMI status of children and youth with intellectual disabilities by world region, gender and age. A total of 9678 children and youth records were available from the Special Olympics International Health Promotion database after data cleaning (6084 boys and 3594 girls). Children were defined as 8-11 year…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Health Personnel, Incidence