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Hagen, Bridget E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Rates of overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the United States with 42% of Americans being classified as obese (BMI >30) and 73% as overweight according to the CDC. The prevalence of obesity has steadily increased over the years and is not only a chronic disease in itself but is also a risk factor for countless others…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Behavior Change, Intervention, Health Behavior
Kadriu, Fortesa; Claes, Laurence; Witteman, Cilia; Vroling, Maartje; Norré, Jan; Krans, Julie – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
This study aimed to assess the characteristics and content of intrusive images in patients with eating disorders, and test the relations between intrusive images, core beliefs and autobiographical memories. As an exploratory aim, patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorders were compared on the level of dissociation…
Descriptors: Patients, Eating Disorders, Correlation, Visual Stimuli
Nicholson, Laura M.; McLeod Loren, Dorothy; Reifenberg, Alexandra; Beets, Michael W.; Bohnert, Amy M. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: The structure provided by school settings even with no specific obesity-intervention may prevent weight gain. This meta-analytic study considered this premise by examining weight outcomes from control groups in published randomized controlled trials of school-year obesity-related interventions conducted in-school and out-of-school.…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Meta Analysis, Obesity, Intervention
Laporta, Mariana L.; Sprung, Juraj; Fejedelem, Caroline A.; Henning, Dustin T.; Weaver, Amy L.; Hanson, Andrew C.; Schroeder, Darrell R.; Myers, Scott M.; Voigt, Robert G.; Weingarten, Toby N.; Flick, Randall P.; Warner, David O. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
This study tested the hypothesis that exposure of children prior to their third birthday to procedures requiring general anesthesia is associated with an increased incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in later life. This study employed a nested, 1:2 matched-case control study design using ASD cases identified in a population-based birth…
Descriptors: Anesthesiology, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Correlation, Infants
Karen L. Pugh – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Certified personal trainers and online coaches create training programs that are designed to guide their clients to achieving their fitness goals. Frequently a client will not fully define what their goal(s) is, rather they use subjective terms such as "I want to lose weight" or "I would like to become more toned." From these…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Goal Orientation, Training, Comparative Analysis
Söyler, Mehmet; Kayantas, Idris – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The aim of this study is to compare some physical parameters of professional and regional amateur footballers according to their positions. Totally 100 volunteer football players playing in the professional and regional amateur league participated in the study. Anthropometric measurements (height, body weight, body fat ratio) were performed first…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletes, Body Height, Body Weight
Winters-Stone, Kerri M.; Medysky, Mary E.; Stoyles, Sydnee; Bumgarner, Lauren; Witzke, Kara – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Over one-third of college students are overweight or obese and rates are rising. Whole body vibration (WBV) training could prevent weight gain but has not been tested in college students. Methods: Randomized controlled trial comparing thrice weekly WBV for 6 months to controls (CON) in undergraduate students. Feasibility included…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Obesity, Body Composition, Safety
Brittany Putnam Gerringer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Weight discrimination, the maltreatment of individuals perceived to have larger sized bodies driven by both implicit and explicit biases about weight, is a growing issue in society with deleterious effects for individuals of size (Andreyeva et al., 2008; Hatzenbuehler et al., 2009; Puhl & King, 2013; Swift et al., 2013; Tomiyama, 2014).…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Self Efficacy, Counselor Training, Body Weight
Suna, Gürhan; Isildak, Kenan – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of reformer pilates exercises on flexibility, heart rate and glucose levels of sedentary women for 8 weeks. 30 sedentary women between 30-36 years old were joined to the study. Participated in the research sedentary women' ages' mean was 32,20±1,78 year, lenghts' mean was 166,76±3,93 cm. It is…
Descriptors: Females, Biochemistry, Physical Activity Level, Adults
Yildiz, Funda Uzdu – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This study aims at describing in detail how university students in Turkey use euphemisms in their daily language usage. The description of the euphemisms in the study was made according to the linguistic formations of euphemisms defined by Warren and accepted in the literature. The euphemisms used by the participants were determined by asking them…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Turkish, College Students, Interpersonal Communication
Özdenk, Çagri – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
Maximal exercise capacity (W[subscript max]) and anaerobic threshold (A[subscript T]) are important tools used non-invasively to evaluate aerobic fitness levels and clinically possible risk. It has been shown that O[subscript 2] uptake to heartbeat ratio (O[subscript 2] pulse) at the maximal exercise test is an important parameter used to evaluate…
Descriptors: Correlation, Physical Fitness, Exercise, Exercise Physiology
Çelik, Melike Yavas; Çigdem, Zerrin – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study aims to examine the effect of kangaroo care on Vulnerable Infant Syndrome (VIS) in the mother. The sample group consisted of 58 preterm infants, 27 of whom were control and 31 were experimental groups. Data were collected using the question form, the Vulnerable Baby Scale (VBS), the Edinburgh Post Partum Depression Scale (EPDS), the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Premature Infants, Depression (Psychology), Measures (Individuals)
Kahraman, Ayse; Gümüs, Merve; Binay Yaz, Seyda; Basbakkal, Zümrüt – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study aimed to examine the assessment of nutritional status in early childhood and the experiences of the mothers whose children started traditional and/or baby-led complementary weaning. The study included 485 mothers who used social media, all of whom had a 6-24 month-old child receiving complementary foods. In order to collect data,…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Huertas-Delgado, Francisco Javier; Segura-Jiménez, Víctor; Ávila-García, Manuel; Cardon, Greet; Tercedor, Pablo – Health Education Journal, 2021
Introduction: Physical education (PE) can contribute to total daily physical activity (PA) among children. In consequence, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport has developed 16 teaching units focused on increasing PA levels during PE lessons, called "Unidades Didácticas Activas" (UDA; Active Teaching Units). Objectives:…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Units of Study, Comparative Analysis
Alp, Mahmut; Gorur, Bahar – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
The aim of this study is to compare explosive strength and anaerobic power performance of taekwondo and karate athletes. 10 taekwondo and 10 karate athletes participated to the study voluntarily by taking "Informed Consent Form". The athletes' values were in taekwondo as mean of age 21±2.4 years, height 181.2±8.01 cm, weight 66.9±15.74…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Physical Fitness, Physical Activities