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Sadowska, Joanna; Dziaduch, Izabela; Bruszkowska, Magda; Ziólkowska, Karolina – SAGE Open, 2020
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of weight status on body perception and satisfaction, occurrence of Anorexia Readiness Syndrome (ARS), and dietary behaviors in adolescent girls. The study was conducted among 516 girls aged 14 to 16 living in Szczecin (Poland). The ARS Diagnosis Questionnaire designed by Ziólkowska and the author's…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Self Concept, Human Body, Eating Habits
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Wyszynska, Justyna; Podgórska-Bednarz, Justyna; Deren, Katarzyna; Mazur, Artur – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: The prevalence of abdominal obesity (AO) is high in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hypertension (HPT) in students with ID with different distributions of adipose tissue. Method: Study involved 568 participants with ID. AO was assessed on the basis of waist…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Incidence, Hypertension
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Grabara, Malgorzata; Hadzik, Andrzej – Biomedical Human Kinetics, 2009
Study aim: To assess body posture of young female volleyball players in relation to their untrained mates. Material and methods: A group of 42 volleyball players and another of 43 untrained girls, all aged 13-16 years were studied with respect to their body posture indices by using computer posturography. Spinal angles and curvatures were…
Descriptors: Body Height, Team Sports, Females, Human Posture