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Umran Cevik Guner U; Irem Bilkay – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
The family has a key role in the obesity management of children with autism. This study examines the relationship between the nutrition-physical activity behaviors of autistic children with their families and children's obesity levels during COVID-19 pandemic. The descriptive and cross-sectional study involved 80 parents of autistic children. A…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Relationship, Family Relationship
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Özlem Öztürk Sahin; Aysel Topan; Zeynep Aközlü; Tugçe Kolukisa – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
This study was conducted to evaluate the BMI of the children with intellectual disability and the factors affecting their BMI. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out between March 2016 and April 2016 in Turkey and consisted of 135 children. Children's anthropometric measurements were and their BMI values were calculated.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Parent Background
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Zhao, Xue; Lee, Rebecca E.; Ledoux, Tracey A.; Hoelscher, Deanna M.; McKenzie, Thomas L.; O'Connor, Daniel P. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: This study describes a method for harmonizing data collected with different tools to compute a rating of compliance with national recommendations for school physical activity (PA) and nutrition environments. Methods: We reviewed questionnaire items from 84 elementary schools that participated in the Childhood Obesity Research…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computation, Compliance (Legal)
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Huelskamp, Amelia; Waity, Julia; Russell, Jaime – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: This study sampled college students at a medium-sized university to explore the prevalence of food insecurity, as well as frequency of multiple coping behaviors. Participants: The research team randomly sampled 25% of all students attending at least one on-campus class in October 2017, obtaining a response rate of 14.9% (n = 547).…
Descriptors: College Students, Incidence, Hunger, Coping
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Martien Conjaerts; Slavi Stoyanov; Eric Edelman; Paul Kirschner; Renate de Groot – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objectives: Overweight and obesity among school-aged children pose a threat to both their academic performance and public health. The Healthy Primary School of the Future (HPSF) initiative was established to address this issue. Our objective was to explore the conditions that make HPSF sustainable based on the perspectives of relevant…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Parents, Administrators, Academic Achievement
Kyle Neely – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic, with long-term implications for the physical and psychological well-being of individuals. Elementary schools serve as a crucial environment for addressing this issue by providing physical education (PE) programs. However, barriers to implementing quality PE curricula can impede efforts to fight…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Physical Education Teachers, Barriers
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Huye, Holly F.; Bradford, LaShaundrea – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2022
Methods: Summative focus groups with teachers across three Head Start centers were conducted to explore teachers' attitudes toward the HH2H curriculum. The curriculum consisted of eight weekly nutrition lessons, interactive activities with puppets, taste tests, and physical activity set to music as a component of the Impact of a Preschool Obesity…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Multisensory Learning, Nutrition, Low Income Students
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2024
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is an epidemiologic surveillance system that was established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help monitor the prevalence of behaviors that not only influence youth health but also put youth at risk for the most significant health and social problems that can occur during…
Descriptors: High School Students, Health Behavior, At Risk Students, National Surveys
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Pamella Mayumi Dias Inamori; Camilo Lellis-Santos – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Reading nutrition facts labels is a competency for which training is given in several nutrition education programs, especially in obesity outreach workshops. The Top Trumps-style card game is commonly used in obesity prevention educational programs to engage participants in reading nutrition facts labels; however, the success of TV cooking shows…
Descriptors: Merchandise Information, Nutrition, Obesity, Outreach Programs
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Werner, Emily; Betz, Heather Hayes – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Assess physical activity (PA) and nutrition recommendation knowledge in college students. Participants: 71 students (n = 41 females; 18 to 22 years) measured in May of 2014. METHODS: Knowledge of existence and accuracy of PA and nutrition recommendations were assessed via a verbal survey. Results: Most (67.6%) were aware PA…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activity Level, Nutrition, Knowledge Level
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Olivieri, Chrystyne – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2020
The purpose of this article is to examine the compelling evidence of childhood obesity across the world and within the United States and the major contributors to this health crisis. Factors contributing to the obesity health crisis and potential interventions are given a preliminary analysis within related research literature.
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Nutrition, Brain
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Zengin, Samet; Kirkbir, Fatih – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Depending on the developing technology, individuals started to pursue a less active lifestyle. The sedentary lifestyle has brought along many health problems. One of these health problems is obesity. Awareness of obesity is important for individual health. One of the applications that can be implemented to cope with obesity is exercise. This study…
Descriptors: Correlation, Exercise, Addictive Behavior, Physical Activity Level
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Michah W. Rothbart; Amy Ellen Schwartz; Emily Gutierrez – Education Finance and Policy, 2023
The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 allows school districts to provide free meals to all students if over 40 percent of them are directly certified as free-meal eligible. While emerging evidence documents positive effects on student behavior and academics, critics worry that CEP has unintended…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Child Health, Federal Legislation, Lunch Programs
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Papadopoulou, Souzana K.; Feidantsis, Konstantinos G.; Hassapidou, Maria N.; Methenitis, Spyridon – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to identify the contribution of nutrition, physical activity (PA), and total energy intake and expenditure on body weight and composition in adolescents. Methods: Body composition, PA, and dietary intakes from 904 Greek adolescents (446 boys and 458 girls; Age: 14.6 ± 1.5 yrs), were evaluated. All…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents, Gender Differences
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Robertson, Olivia C.; Marceau, Kristine; Duncan, Robert J.; Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A.; Leve, Leslie D.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Natsuaki, Misaki; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Ganiban, Jody M. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
The thrifty phenotype and fetal overnutrition hypotheses are two developmental hypotheses that originated from the "developmental origins of health and disease" (DOHaD) perspective. The DOHaD posits that exposures experienced prenatally and early in life may influence health outcomes through altering form and function of internal organs…
Descriptors: Obesity, At Risk Persons, Child Development, Puberty
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