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Practitioners' Perceptions of Implementing Psychotherapeutic Weight Loss Groups in a Culturally Diverse, Deprived Area: Working with Differences
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Moran, Patricia M.; Bunn, Amanda – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2021
We describe the implementation of psychotherapeutic weight loss groups involving an intuitive eating approach, carried out within a deprived area with a highly diverse population. Challenges to implementation were identified through thematic analysis of data from the group facilitators' reflexive practice meetings. These challenges included:…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Cultural Differences
The Role of Complementary Feeding Methods on Early Eating Behaviors and Food Neophobia in Toddlers
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Watson, Sophie; Costantini, Cristina; Clegg, Miriam E. – Child Care in Practice, 2020
Background: Feeding methods used during infancy may impact upon eating behaviors in toddlers and influence the likelihood of developing weight issues. The aim of this study was to compare eating behaviors and food neophobia (defined as the reluctance to eat, or the avoidance of, new foods) in toddlers between three different complementary feeding…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Eating Habits, Food, Eating Disorders
Visualized Analysis of Research Publications on Physical Activity among Higher Education Students
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Sweileh, Waleed M. – American Journal of Health Education, 2023
Background: Unhealthy lifestyle habits developed during university years could continue into adulthood. Purpose: To analyze and map worldwide publications on physical activity among university students. Method: A pre-validated search strategy was used to find relevant articles in the Scopus database. The study period represented three decades…
Descriptors: Life Style, College Students, Physical Activity Level, Journal Articles
Happiness, Perceived Stress, Psychological Well-Being, and Health Behaviors of Thai University Students: Preliminary Results from a Multinational Study on Well-Being
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Calderon, Raul, Jr.; Pupanead, Suporntip; Prachakul, Wimonmas; Kim, GunDo – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Describe and compare levels of happiness, psychological well-being, perceived stress, and health behaviors of university students. Participants: Thai university students were selected (N = 478) during November 2016 using random cluster sampling. Methods: A health and well-being questionnaire was constructed, translated from English to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Stress Variables
Ethnic Differences in Parental Attitudes and Beliefs about Being Overweight in Childhood
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Trigwell, J.; Watson, P. M.; Murphy, R. C.; Stratton, G.; Cable, N. T. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: This study examined the relationship between ethnic background and parental views of healthy body size, concerns surrounding overweight and attitudes to perceived causes of overweight in childhood. Method: A self-report questionnaire was designed to explore parental attitudes towards childhood weight. Sampling deliberately…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Questionnaires, Body Weight, Sampling
Health Imperatives, Policy and the Corporeal Device: Schools, Subjectivity and Children's Health
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Evans, John; De Pian, Laura; Rich, Emma; Davies, Brian – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
"Health" has become a major concern of policy makers internationally in recent years, especially where and when it is reduced to a measurable and, therefore, comparable commodity/"quality": weight and obesity levels. Schools in many countries have increasingly been charged with responsibility for safeguarding children's health,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Responsibility, Health Promotion, Child Health
Dietary Restraint and Fatness in Early Adolescent Girls and Boys.
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Fox, K. R.; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1994
Investigated degree to which actual fatness and/or greater body dimensions might provide stimulus for dietary restraint (DR) in children (n=126). High DR boys were heavier, fatter, and had larger waists and hips resulting from fat deposition than low DR boys. High DR girls were heavier and fatter that low DR girls, with larger waists and hips.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Body Weight, Eating Habits