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Direct linkWoolf, Hope R.; Fair, Melissa; King, Sarah B.; Dunn, Caroline Glagola; Kaczynski, Andrew T. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: In Spartanburg County, SC, nearly 33.7% of children are overweight or obese. The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in eating behavior of youth by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Methods: Students (N = 997) in 4th to 5th grades completed the School Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey. School databases…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Eating Habits, Databases, Nutrition
Peer reviewedRainey, Cheryl J.; McKeown, Robert E.; Sargent, Roger G.; Valois, Robert F. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 1998
Investigated relationships between physical activity and athletic participation and body-size perceptions, diet, and weight-control practice among high school students, noting racial and gender differences. Surveys indicated that diet quality improved and weight-loss attempts increased as physical activity and athletic participation increased.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Athletics, Body Image, Body Weight
Download full textThatcher, William; Rhea, Deborah – American Journal of Health Education, 2003
This study examined whether behavioral differences (exercise, dieting, changing eating habits, taking pills, or vomiting/taking laxatives to lose weight) exist when identifying the major influencing factors (media, family, friends, teacher/coach, and doctor/nurse) among Black and White men's and women's self-perceptions of body weight. Respondents…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Body Composition, Self Concept, At Risk Students
