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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
This article provides snapshots of recent events and programs at colleges and universities in the state of California: (1) A graduate student in kinesiology at California State University, Chico, is talking the talk and walking the walk to promote physical fitness; (2) First-generation Latino students enrolled in nutrition science and health…
Descriptors: Financial Needs, Obesity, Genetics, Scholarships
Hardy, Lawrence – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
The biggest risk to children's health is one which happens incrementally as students move through the school grades and into adulthood. Obesity has reached such proportions that today's children could end up living two to five years less than they might otherwise, according to a 2005 study in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Physical Activities, Wellness
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Morris, G.; Schwarzkopf, Robert – Physical Educator, 1977
A proper physical education program can be instrumental in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity. (MB)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Obesity, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
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Makalous, Susan L.; And Others – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1988
A study of 11 obese adults who exercised with hand weights concludes that using the weights increases the energy demands of walking but only slightly. Research and results are presented and analyzed. (JL)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Exercise Physiology, Heart Rate, Metabolism
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LeMura, Linda M.; Maziekas, Michael T. – Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2002
Investigated the effects of exercise programs on changes in body mass, fat-free mass, and body fat in obese children and adolescents. Research review indicated that exercise effectively helped reduce children's and adolescents' body composition variables. The most favorable body alterations occurred with low- intensity, long-duration exercise;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Composition, Child Health, Children
Rattigan, Peter; Biren, Greg – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
Physical education practitioners and programs have the opportunity and obligation to help children become physically educated, healthy, and active adults. This article discusses the battle against obesity in K-12 learners from an exercise physiology perspective and focuses on the fact that practitioners have all the tools they need to battle this…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Teacher Effectiveness, Physical Activities
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Barney, David; Mauch, Lois – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2007
In the last four years Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) grants have been made available to physical educators with the purpose of combating the obesity crisis that plagues the country. Through an application process, and based on the needs of the school district, funds are awarded to help and assist physical education programs…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Grants, School Districts
Borja, Rhea R. – Education Week, 2006
In an age of rising obesity rates, more students are getting fit in school with the help of the video game series Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) and similar games. Some educators caution that while the trend is positive overall, technology should only supplement--not replace--traditional physical activity, such as running, aerobics, and other…
Descriptors: Video Games, Teaching Methods, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness
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Lahtinen, Ulla; Rintala, Pauli; Malin, Antero – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2007
Physical performance of Finnish adolescents (33 females, 44 males) with moderate intellectual disability (ID) was studied over a 30-year period. This study is an extension of Lahtinen's previous work on documenting the performance of individuals with intellectual disabilities over time. This study consisted of analyzing data from a total of four…
Descriptors: Females, Moderate Mental Retardation, Physical Fitness, Adolescents
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Litchford, Mary Demarest – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1987
The study sought to identify reliable measurements for estimating energy stores of retarded adults (N=80) and possible correlations between energy intakes and obesity. Among results were a lack of significant correlations between caloric intake and anthropometric measures (e.g., tricepts skinfold). Body mass index is suggested as a more practical…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Weight, Mental Retardation, Nutrition
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Brock, Sheri J.; Fittipaldi-Wert, Jeanine – Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 2005
Children's fitness levels are decreasing at an alarming rate. The Centers for Disease Control has determined that approximately 33% of children do not regularly engage in vigorous physical activity (CDC, 2002). As a result, childhood obesity has increased 100% since 1980 in the United States due to physical inactivity (CDC, 2004). A well-planned…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Physical Activities, Physical Education Teachers
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Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Selmer, Randi; Sorensen, Marit; Skurtveit, Svetlana – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
This population-based 24-year follow-up study evaluated the association of occupational physical activity (OPA) with overweight and mortality in 47,405 men and women, healthy at baseline, and reporting OPA as sedentary (reference), light, moderately heavy, or heavy. The adjusted odds ratio for overweight was slightly less than 1 for all categories…
Descriptors: Obesity, Intervals, Physical Activities, Females
Zehr, Mary Ann – Education Week, 2006
This article presents a school-based summer camp called the Get FIT program. Students in Eagle Pass, Texas, go to summer camp to learn how to eat better, play harder, and make smarter decisions about their health. This article also presents an experience of an eleven-year-old child who was once "real fat." The child improved his eating…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Summer Programs, Health Behavior, Health Education
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Tucker, Larry A. – Adolescence, 1986
Determined the extent to which light, moderate, and heavy television viewing relates to multiple measures of obesity and physical fitness among high school males (N=379). Showed that light television viewers scored significantly better than heavy viewers on a composite fitness index. Light viewers were not significantly less obese than moderate or…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, High Schools, Males
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Fernhall, Bo; Figueroa, Arturo; Collier, Scott; Goulopoulou, Styliani; Giannopoulou, Ifigenia; Baynard, Tracy – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2005
Resting metabolic rate (RMR) of 22 individuals with Down syndrome was compared to that of 20 nondisabled control individuals of similar age (25.7 and 27.4 years, respectively). Using a ventilated hood system, we measured RMR in the early morning after an overnight fast. Peak aerobic capacity Volume of Oxygen (VO2 peak) and body composition were…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Obesity, Physical Fitness, Metabolism
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