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Fit for the Job? How Corporeal Expectations Shape Physical Education Teachers' Understandings of Content, Pedagogy, and the Purposes of Physical Education
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Barker, D.; Quennerstedt, M.; Johansson, A.; Korp, P. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: People often expect physical education teachers to look fit and athletic, to do lots of physical activity, and to eat well. While ample research exists on physical education teachers' bodies, relatively few scholars have investigated how physical educators relate corporeal expectations to broader ideas about subject content, pedagogy,…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Human Body, Expectation
Effects of Universal School-Based Parental Support for Children's Healthy Diet and Physical Activity--The Healthy School Start plus Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
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Åsa Norman; Mahnoush Etminan Malek; Gisela Nyberg; Emma Patterson; Liselotte Schäfer Elinder – Prevention Science, 2024
Health promotion from an early age is key to preventing unhealthy weight development in childhood, and parental involvement is essential. The school-based Healthy School Start intervention aims to promote healthy dietary and activity habits in the home environment and prevent child obesity through parental support. This study evaluated the…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Child Health, Body Weight, Parent Role
Combinations of Epoch Durations and Cut-Points to Estimate Sedentary Time and Physical Activity among Adolescents
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Fröberg, Andreas; Berg, Christina; Larsson, Christel; Boldemann, Cecilia; Raustorp, Anders – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2017
The purpose of the current study was to investigate how combinations of different epoch durations and cut-points affect the estimations of sedentary time and physical activity in adolescents. Accelerometer data from 101 adolescents were derived and 30 combinations were used to estimate sedentary time, light, moderate, vigorous, and combined…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Measurement Equipment, Foreign Countries
Identity and the Body: Trajectories of Body Esteem from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood
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Nelson, Sarah C.; Kling, Johanna; Wängqvist, Maria; Frisén, Ann; Syed, Moin – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Although Erikson (1968) originally conceptualized identity development as a process of becoming at home in one's body, little work has been done linking identity development and research on the body. This study examines how trajectories of the development of body esteem over time are related to young people's sense of identity and psychological…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Human Body, Self Esteem, Preadolescents
Nutrient Content of Consumed Elementary School Lunches: A Pilot Study from Sweden
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Rosander, Ulla; Rumpunen, Kimmo; Lindmark-Mansson, Helena; Gullberg, Bo; Paulsson, Marie; Holm, Ingvar – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2013
Purpose/Objectives: Purpose was to investigate the nutrient content of Swedish school meals consumed by students in the context of national recommendations regarding food composition and intake. Methods: Composite samples of lunch meals consumed by six students during a five-day period were collected using the double portion method and analyzed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Food Standards
A School-Based Intervention Associated with Improvements in Cardiometabolic Risk Profiles in Young People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Wallén, Eva Flygare; Müllersdorf, Maria; Christensson, Kyllike; Marcus, Claude – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
This study evaluates a multifactorial school-based intervention with the aim of decreasing cardiometabolic risk factors by means of a healthy lifestyle, primarily with daily physical activity and healthy food during school hours, at an upper secondary school for students with intellectual disabilities. The outcome is measured in terms of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons, Life Style, Health Promotion
Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Obesity and Risk for Inattention and Negative Emotionality in Children
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Rodriguez, Alina – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: This study aimed to replicate and extend previous work showing an association between maternal pre-pregnancy adiposity and risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children. Methods: A Swedish population-based prospective pregnancy-offspring cohort was followed up when children were 5 years old (N = 1,714).…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Pregnancy