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Zsakai, Annamaria; Karkus, Zsolt; Utczas, Katinka; Bodzsar, Eva B. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
In adolescence, the complexity of human ontogenesis embraces biological growth and maturation as well as mental, affective, and cognitive progress, and adaptation to the requirements of society. To accept our morphological constellation as part of our gender may prove a problem even to a child of average rate of maturation. The main purposes of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Self Concept, Body Composition, Regression (Statistics)
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Brantmüller, Éva; Gyuró, Monika; Karácsony, Ilona – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2015
Development of the walking ability and self-care of patients with Down syndrome is affected by their body weight determining their lifestyle to a great extent. Objectives: The study aimed at the determination of body mass index for persons living in residential institutions and families, exploration its impact on walking and self-care as two,…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Physical Activities, Nutrition, Down Syndrome
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Laurson, Kelly R.; Welk, Gregory J.; Marton, Orsolya; Kaj, Mónika; Csányi, Tamás – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: This study examined agreement between all 3 standards (as well as relative diagnostic associations with metabolic syndrome) using a representative sample of youth from the Hungarian National Youth Fitness Study. Method: Body mass index (BMI) was assessed in a field sample of 2,352 adolescents (ages 10-18.5 years) and metabolic syndrome…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Standards, Obesity, Metabolism