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Download full textStaurowsky, Ellen J.; De Souza, Mary Jane; Miller, Kathleen E.; Sabo, Don; Shakib, Sohaila; Theberge, Nancy; Veliz, P.; Weaver, A.; Williams, Nancy I. – Women's Sports Foundation, 2015
"Her Life Depends On It III" is the Women's Sports Foundation's comprehensive report that reviews existing and emerging research on the links between participation in sport and physical activity and the health and wellbeing of American girls and women. As with the previous editions in 2004 and 2009, this study also confirms that physical…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Well Being, Females, Athletics
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Direct linkWerner, Danilea; Teufel, James; Brown, Stephen L. – American Journal of Health Education, 2014
Background: Physical inactivity is a primary contributor to decreasing functional physical fitness and increasing chronic disease in older adults. Purpose: This study assessed the health-related benefits of ExerStart for Lay Leaders, a 20-week, community based, peer-led, low-impact exercise program for older adults. ExerStart focuses on aerobic…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Older Adults, Physical Fitness, Chronic Illness
Boyer, Luann K. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2011
In 2009, Colorado had the lowest rate of obesity and overweight in the United States with less than 20% of the adult population considered obese or overweight. The health implications are serious because being overweight and/or obese increases the risks for chronic diseases. As a consequence, the incidence of Type II diabetes in adults has tripled…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Education, Physical Activities, Nutrition Instruction
