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Seyhan, Sinan – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
This study was conducted to determine the physiological and psychological effects of the weight loss by determining the weight loss methods commonly used by taekwondo athletes. Of the questionnaires evaluated, 107 belonged to female taekwondo athletes and 195 belonged to male taekwondo athletes. The arithmetic average, standard deviation and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Physical Activities, Physiology, Competition
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Nazaruk, Stanislawa; Marchel, Joanna; Kruszewska, Aleksandra; Tokarewicz, Ewa – Education 3-13, 2022
Family and educational institutions play a decisive role in learning and strengthening habits related to physical activity and health. School has a specific mission in this scope, especially at the first stage of education. Attempting to answer the question of how schools in practice realise these tasks, a study was conducted on the level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activity Level
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Murphy, Chaise; Takahashi, Shinya; Bovaird, Jim; Koehler, Karsten – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Given the number of college students with a normal BMI decreases 9-12% throughout the college experience, we wanted to model the traits responsible for behaviors impacting body composition in college-age women. Participants: Participants (n = 141) were recruited from a freshman-level nutrition course between August 2016 and May 2018.…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Eating Habits, Physical Activity Level, Predictor Variables
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Stanislawa Nazaruk; Joanna Waszczuk; Joanna Marchel; Helena Kowaluk-Nikitin; Anna Klim-Klimaszewska – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2018
Taking into account the psychophysical development of a young person, a child in particular, attention should be paid to forming certain habits related to physical activity, health, nutrition, hygiene, and aesthetics during the preschool period as such habits will be of utmost importance in his/ her adult life. Physical activity of children…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Kindergarten, Human Body, Student Characteristics
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Durocher, Elyse; Gauvin, Lise – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: This study aims to quantify associations between one's weight management goal and eating behaviors and physical activity among teenagers. Methods: Weighted logistic regressions were performed predicting healthy behaviors from weight goal separately for boys and girls while controlling for age, body mass index, socioeconomic indicators,…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Health Behavior, Eating Habits, Physical Activity Level
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Lee, 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
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Chen, Chih-Chia; Ringenbach, Shannon D. R. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Background: To date, numbers of studies have indicated the important role of fine manual dexterity in typical and special populations. However, the relevant studies in Down's syndrome (DS) population is still limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of manual dexterity in adolescents and young adults with DS. Methods:…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Down Syndrome, Psychomotor Skills
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Imamoglu, Mehmet; Sener, Orhan Ahmet – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate motor performance of children by age and gender. A total of 160 children (80 girls and 80 boys) participated in this study voluntarily. Children were divided into 4 groups according to their gender (girls and boys) and age (11 and 12 years). One Way ANOVA and LSD tests were used. There were statistically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Age Differences
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Peralta, Miguel; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Ferrari, Gerson; Catunda, Ricardo; Heriques-Neto, Duarte; Marques, Adilson – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: Physical education (PE) is an important context for promoting health-related cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in youth. Within PE, the lesson context and teacher behavior may be relevant for the promotion CRF; however, evidence is scarce. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess whether students' CRF improvement in a school year…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Teacher Behavior, Context Effect
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Kilic, Tahir; Tosur, Mehmet Ali Anil – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The purpose of this study was to compare some parameters of football players playing in 3rd League, BAL (Regional Amateur League) and SAL (Super Amateur League) according to the leagues they play in. Body height, body weight, body mass index, age, age of becoming a registered football player, vertical jump, anaerobic power, shuttle run, aerobic…
Descriptors: Athletes, Team Sports, Body Height, Body Weight
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Detanico, Daniele; Kons, Rafael Lima; Fukuda, David Hideyoshi; Teixeira, Anderson Santiago – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2020
Purpose: To determine the individual contributions of chronological age, somatic maturation, body size and composition, and training experience as indicators of performance in neuromuscular and judo-specific assessments in young athletes. Methods: Sixty-six youth judo athletes performed anthropometric measurements, neuromuscular tests--standing…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Age Differences, Maturity (Individuals)
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Serin, Emre; Donmez, Meliha Uzun – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The aim of this study is to compare the endurance, fatigue, and heart rate shifts of physical education students who participate and do not participate in sports and recreational activities. The sample of the study consisted of 54 volunteer male students who participated in recreational activities and 50 volunteers who did not participate in…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Fatigue (Biology), Metabolism, Physical Education
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Adigüzel, Niyazi Sidki – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
This study aimed to compare dynamic balance education among young athletes in different sports. So forty male volunteers in soccer (n = 11), handball (n = 6), sprinting (n = 10), and martial arts (n = 13) participated in the current study. The mean age, height, and weight of the participants were 15.7 ± 0.5 years, 175.3 ± 4.6 cm, and 63.0 ± 6.8…
Descriptors: Males, Athletes, Athletics, Team Sports
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Reilly, Janet; Zhu, Le; Hunt, Megan J. Olson; Hovarter, Rebecca; Flood, M. Brigid – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
The number of children who are obese and overweight continues as a public health challenge despite decades of research. The purpose of this article is to describe trends in body mass index (BMI) percentile data collected from 11- to 14-year-old school children in 2008-2009 and 2015-2016 in rural Wisconsin. The BMI percentiles from 1,347 students…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, School Nurses, Body Weight, Obesity
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Ramesh, Somayeh; Besharat, Mohammad Ali; Nough, Hossein – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: Biological and psychological factors contribute to coronary artery disease (CAD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being and CAD severity and determine the mediating effects of anger rumination and worry on this relationship. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. Setting: Afshar…
Descriptors: Heart Disorders, Well Being, Mental Health, Foreign Countries
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