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Bolter, Nicole D.; Sosna, Daria; Arauzo, Megan; George, Gretchen L. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Background: Weight stigma and bias are present in education, employment, and health care institutions, and have increased in recent years. College students in pre-health majors have been documented to hold weight biases, and interventions to mitigate these beliefs have had varying results. Objectives: This study's purpose was to assess the impact…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Social Bias, Intervention, Student Attitudes
Eren, Hande Busra; Caliskan, Gokhan – Physical Educator, 2023
In this study, classifications were made from the data obtained from the Health-Related Physical Fitness Report cards and BMIs of students through data mining methods, artificial neural networks, and decision trees models. Then the classification performances of both models were compared. The body weight and height measurements of the students in…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, High School Students, Report Cards, Body Composition
Tapanee, Pradtana; Reeder, Nicole; Christensen, Rebecca; Tolar-Peterson, Terezie – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between sugar and NNS consumption with body fat percentage in young adults. Methods: 524 college students were asked to complete the Web-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diet History Questionnaire II and had their body fat percentage measured using a bioelectrical…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Habits, At Risk Persons, Body Composition
Bal, Erdal; Bulgan, Çigdem; Bingül, Bergün Meriç; Tan, Hakan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
The study aimed to determine the Somatotype characteristics of Turkish national male boxers, since the somatotype profile helps to establish an athlete's suitability for a sport. Twenty-five elite boxers (mean age 16.50±1.06 years; mean height 172±0.06cm and mean mass 64.62±9.88kg), who had some experiences in national and international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletes, Athletics, Human Body
Fowler, Lauren A.; Moore, Philip J.; Macura, Zeljka; Singh, Michelle A.; Cooke, Frances P. R.; Charmak, William D. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
The expectancy-value (EV) framework is among the most prominent psychological approaches to predicting behavioral intentions. However, how expectancies and values are cognitively integrated (e.g., multiplicatively, additively or averaging) to produce intentions has yet to be tested. This research combined EV and Information Integration Theory…
Descriptors: Expectation, Values, Intention, Dietetics
Goltz, Jeffrey; Ivanov, Iliyan; Rice, Timothy R. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The purpose of this review was to understand the impact of second generation antipsychotic (SGA)-induced weight gain on youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), including the clinical evidence, mechanisms, monitoring guidelines, and treatments. To achieve this, multiple MEDLINE/PUBMED and Google database searches were performed and analyzed…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Body Weight, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Ehlert, Alex M.; Wilson, Patrick B. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2021
Obesity has been found to relate to urine-assessed hypohydration risk at the population level, but studies have often failed to account for lean mass, which influences urine solute load. Adults (n = 8,699) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were categorized as hypohydrated or not using five urine-based methods. Hypohydration…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physiology, Body Composition, Body Weight
Ren, Sicong; Chen, Zezhao; Qin, Xiong; Zhao, Xiaochen; Yang, Tim D.; Zhu, Weimo – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2021
The purpose of this study was to overview recent bone loading measurements in physical activity, determine their validity and reliability, and recommend future research directions. A systematic search in three major databases was performed using combinations from a set of keywords, and the identified studies were selected using predetermined…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Validity, Reliability, Physical Activities
Dias, André Rodrigues Lourenço; de Souza, Katrice Almeida; dos Santos, Kamila Meireles; Peçanha, Tiago; Ferreira, Jacielle Carolina; Cambri, Lucieli Teresa; Arsa, Gisela – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Purpose: To verify whether excess body mass influences 24-h ambulatory heart rate variability (HRV) after a moderate-intensity continuous exercise (MICE) session. Method: Participants included 27 non-trained young men that were divided into two groups, 1) normal-weight (n = 10) and 2) overweight and obese (n = 17). Participants underwent a single…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Obesity, Body Weight, Body Height
Luciana Zuest; Saemi Lee; Riley Lau; Janaina Fogaça; Dawn E. Clifford – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
To address widespread weight stigma across the physical activity landscape, scholars have emphasized the need to provide exercise professionals with educational programs that help them (a) identify their biases, (b) reflect on their assumptions about higher-weight individuals, and (c) apply tangible strategies to enhance the inclusivity of fitness…
Descriptors: Exercise, Professional Personnel, Intervention, Body Composition
Seher Can; Filiz Tuna – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To investigate the impact of generalized joint hypermobility (GJH) on eating behavior. Participants: Physical therapy and rehabilitation students. Methods: The Beighton evaluation (a cutoff of 5/9) for defining GJH. The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-40) was used for eating disorders. Smoking habits and alcohol use were also questioned.…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, College Students, Student Attitudes, Eating Disorders
Amy E. Allnutt; Daniel J. Smith; William A. Torrence; Dayna S. Alexander – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This cross-sectional study examined the weight bias attitudes and obesity beliefs of health science (HS), nursing, and pre-medicine undergraduate students. Methods: Using snowballing and convenience sampling strategies, students (N = 139) completed an online survey, including a 24-item Antifat Attitudes Scale (AFAS) and eight-item…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Body Weight, Obesity, Beliefs
Wesley O'Brien; Sarahjane Belton; Ben Fitzpatrick; Stephen Shannon; Deirdre Brennan; Fiona Chambers; Karol O'Donovan; Gavin Breslin – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Research has shown that childhood physical activity participation has a positive relationship with markers of wellbeing, such as self-esteem and quality of life, and physical activity participation may serve as protective mechanism against some mental illnesses including depression. The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Physical Activity Level, Computer Use, Body Composition
Ribas-Prats, Teresa; Arenillas-Alcón, Sonia; Lip-Sosa, Diana Lucia; Costa-Faidella, Jordi; Mazarico, Edurne; Gómez-Roig, María Dolores; Escera, Carles – Developmental Science, 2022
Infants born after fetal growth restriction (FGR)--an obstetric condition defined as the failure to achieve the genetic growth potential--are prone to neurodevelopmental delays, with language being one of the major affected areas. Yet, while verbal comprehension and expressive language impairments have been observed in FGR infants, children and…
Descriptors: Neonates, Developmental Delays, Cognitive Processes, Articulation (Speech)
Xu, Tingting; He, Yuan – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
This study adopted a case study design with mixed methods to examine Chinese kindergarten children's body size perceptions. Forty-two Chinese kindergarten children between ages five and six were interviewed through child-friendly language. Results showed majority of children could describe the image provided to them and explain the differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Human Body