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Direct linkHuaijin Xu; Weimo Zhu; Xiong Qin; Zezhao Chen; Xiaotian Gao – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2024
Using the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (weighted population size = 35,460,209; 8-18 years old; 52.1% males), we compared the obesity prevalence in children and adolescents between body mass index-based (BMI-based) and total percent body fat-based (BF%-based, measured by the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) cutoffs.…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Incidence, Body Composition
Sae-wong, Janejira; Tempark, Therdpong; Suteerojntrakool, Orapa; Bongsebandhu-phubhakdi, Chansuda – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Background: Parents have important roles to perceive the growth abnormalities of their children. Parental misperception can affect the children's long-term health problems. Aim: To investigate: (a) the accuracy of parents' perception of children's weight, height, and body shape, (b) the effects of misperception in caring for children's health, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Misconceptions, Children
Mombarg, R.; de Bruijn, A. G. M.; Smits, I. A. M.; Hemker, B. T.; Hartman, E.; Bosker, R. J.; Timmermans, A. C. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: Fundamental Motor Skills (FMS) are important building blocks for children's sport-participation and lifelong physical activity. In the last decade, several international studies have reported delays in the development of FMS. To get better insight into the Dutch situation and to provide future directions, this study examined the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Elementary School Students, Skill Development, Preadolescents
Wyszynska, Justyna; Podgórska-Bednarz, Justyna; Deren, Katarzyna; Baran, Joanna; Czenczek-Lewandowska, Ewelina; Leszczak, Justyna; Mazur, Artur – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Adiposity is closely related to hypertension (HTN) in paediatric population. However, which adiposity indicator is most associated with HTN among children and adolescents with intellectual disability remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between HTN prevalence and different adiposity indicators: body…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Intellectual Disability, Hypertension
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
Haq, Wajiha; Abbas, Faisal – SAGE Open, 2022
Stunting is an important issue as it leads to many adverse consequences on children's health. Pakistan is in public health crisis due to higher stunting rates in children. World Health Organization entails the prevalence of stunting to be less than 2.5% in a healthy population, but every third child is stunted in Punjab (largest province of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Child Health, Mothers
Download full textAnakpo, Godfred; Kollamparambil, Umakrishnan – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: Child development and life outcomes are partly linked to prenatal and maternal conditions such as mother's age at birth. Thus, the issue of teenage motherhood has attracted significant concern from researchers and policymakers because of its potential implications for children. The existing literature on effects of teenage motherhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Parenthood, Adolescents, Well Being
Nakamura, Daisuke; Ogawa, Masato; Nakamura, Teruhiko; Izawa, Kazuhiro P. – Journal of School Health, 2018
BACKGROUND: Low-functional health literacy (HL) of parents influences poor child health outcomes. This study aimed to assess the relationship between comprehensive HL of parents and body mass index (BMI) of their children. METHODS: We enrolled 3- to 6-year-old preschool-aged children and their parents in this multicenter cross-sectional cohort…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Child Health, Body Height
Toru Ishihara; Toshihiro Nakajima; Koji Yamatsu; Koichi Okita; Masato Sagawa; Noriteru Morita – npj Science of Learning, 2020
Although there is a growing consensus about the positive relationship between prevention of overweight/obesity and academic performance in children, relevant studies targeting the relationship between underweight and academic performance are scarce. This study aimed to examine the longitudinal relationship of favorable weight change to academic…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Correlation, Grade 7, Academic Achievement
Hoke, Alicia M.; Poger, Jennifer M.; Lehman, Erik B.; Kraschnewski, Jennifer L. – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
School-based body mass index (BMI) screening is required in 50% of states with parent notification letters distributed among 11 of those states. Additional research is needed to effectively communicate screening results to parents. We conducted a pilot investigation of parent acceptability of an electronic, interactive BMI parental notification…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height, Screening Tests
Brockman, Tabetha A.; Sim, Leslie A.; Biggs, Bridget K.; Bronars, Carrie A.; Meiers, Sonja J.; Tolleson, Ellen; Ridgeway, Jennifer L.; Asiedu, Gladys B.; Hanza, Marcelo M.; Olson, Molly A.; Slowiak, Kathleen A.; Weis, Jennifer A.; Patten, Christi A.; Clark, Matthew M.; Millerbernd, Jodi; Sia, Irene G.; Wieland, Mark L. – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: To determine intervention needs and to gather stakeholder input regarding healthy eating promotion for youth members served at a Boys & Girls Club in Rochester, Minnesota. Design: Mixed-methods design informed by community-based participatory research principles. Setting and Method: Young people completed a dietary habits…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Youth Programs, After School Programs, Body Height
Olsen, Brian; Ritchey, Phillip; Mesnard, Erica; Nabors, Laura – Contemporary School Psychology, 2020
Obesity among children in the USA is a growing epidemic that has received national attention (Puhl and Heuer 2010). Research suggests that children who are overweight are at increased risk for various health conditions such as diabetes, sleep apnea, cancer, and hypertension (Jelalian and Mehlenbeck 2003). In addition to risks to physical health,…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Social Bias, Friendship
Pulat Demir, Halime; Serarslan, Mustafa Zahit – Online Submission, 2020
In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the perception of body, nutrition and exercise of obese children and their situations causing obesity. This study was carried out on 14 children aged 10 years old living in Avcilar district of Istanbul, who were classified as obese according to the World Health Organization (WHO) percentiles. Since the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Nutrition, Human Body
Heffernan, Kevin S.; Columna, Luis; Russo, Natalie; Myers, Beth A.; Ashby, Christine E.; Norris, Michael L.; Barreira, Tiago V. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
We examined the association between physical activity (PA), body mass index (BMI) and novel measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in 15 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (mean age 7 ± 2 years, 2 girls). PA was objectively assessed using accelerometry as time spent in moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Arterial…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Body Composition
Lee, Jiwoo; Kubik, Martha Y.; Fulkerson, Jayne A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
An underexamined consequence of childhood obesity is caregivers' missed work attributed to child absence from school due to a health condition. This secondary analysis (N = 123) reported the frequency of missed work among caregivers of children with a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 75th percentile and examined associations with select…
Descriptors: Child Health, Obesity, Body Weight, Body Height
