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Direct linkLee, Heejae; Worthy, Sheri – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2021
COVID-19 has affected consumers' wellness-related behavior and lifestyle choices. Online survey respondents were asked about changes in their health and wellness perceptions and behaviors--overall wellbeing, diet, physical activity, and sleep--due to the pandemic. Age was related to changes in all four wellness areas, with older respondents…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Wellness, Life Style
Lin, Lan-Ping; Liu, Chien-Ting; Liou, Shih-Wen; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The aims of this study were to explore the mean and distribution of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and to examine the influence of gender, body weight and health behaviors on hypertension in adults with disabilities. We analyzed the 2010 annual community health examination chart of adults with disabilities in east Taiwan. The study samples…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Marital Status, Hypertension, Public Health
Goldman, S. E.; Urbano, R. C.; Hodapp, R. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2011
Objective: To examine the amount, timing and causes/correlates of infant mortality among newborns with Down syndrome. Methods: Using the Tennessee Department of Health Birth, Hospital Discharge and Death records, infants were identified who were born with Down syndrome from 1990 to 2006. Those who died during the first year were separated into…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Mortality Rate, Down Syndrome, Infant Mortality
Beville, Jill M.; Umstattd Meyer, M. Renée; Usdan, Stuart L.; Turner, Lori W.; Jackson, John C.; Lian, Brad E. – Journal of American College Health, 2014
Objective: National data consistently report that males participate in leisure time physical activity (LTPA) at higher rates than females. This study expanded previous research to examine gender differences in LTPA of college students using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) by including 2 additional constructs, descriptive norm and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Leisure Time, Recreational Activities, Physical Activities
Download full textHamilton, Brady E.; Martin, Joyce A.; Ventura, Stephanie J. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012
Objectives: This report presents preliminary data for 2011 on births in the United States. U.S. data on births are shown by age, live-birth order, race, and Hispanic origin of mother. Data on marital status, cesarean delivery, preterm births, and low birthweight are also presented. Methods: Data in this report are based on approximately 100…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Birth Rate, Birth Order
Seo, Dong-Chul; Torabi, Mohammad – American Journal of Health Education, 2007
Background: Inconsistent findings exist regarding correlates of physical activity (PA) in the literature. Leisure-time physical activity among U.S. adults has declined for the last decade. Purpose: This article examines differences in vigorous-intensity and moderate-intensity physical activity by gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, and income…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Body Weight, Body Composition, Marital Status
Roudsari, Bahman S.; Utter, Garth H.; Kernic, Mary A.; Mueller, Beth A. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2006
The incidence of twin births in the United States (US) has increased more than 65 per cent since 1980. However, the risk of injury to multiple-birth children is unknown. We sought to compare the risk of injury-related hospitalization and death between multiples and singletons. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using linked birth…
Descriptors: Twins, Body Weight, Marital Status, Injuries
Hall, Wendy A.; Zubrick, Stephen R.; Silburn, Sven R.; Parsons, Deborah E.; Kurinczuk, Jennifer J. – Infant and Child Development, 2007
Behavioural sleep problems (childhood insomnias) can cause distress for both parents and children. This paper reports a model describing predictors of high sleep problem scores in a representative population-based random sample survey of non-Aboriginal singleton children born in 1995 and 1996 (1085 girls and 1129 boys) in Western Australia.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Sleep, Foreign Countries, Depression (Psychology)
Lester, Barry M.; Arria, Amelia M.; Derauf, Christian; Grant, Penny; LaGasse, Linda; Newman, Elana; Shah, Rizwan Z.; Stewart, Sara; Wouldes, Trecia – Zero to Three, 2006
In the Infant Development, Environment and Lifestyle (IDEAL) Study of methamphetamine (MA) effects on children, the authors screened approximately 27,000 newborn infants for MA exposure, and from that pool derived a sample of in utero MA-exposed children as well as a comparison group matched for other drug use and other factors. IDEAL measures…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Drug Abuse, Depression (Psychology), Rural Areas
