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Chandler, Resa M.; Maddox, Gayle; Singleton, Debby; Stringer, Amy J. – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2022
As health and fitness continue to decline and metabolic risk factors reciprocate with increasing incidence in younger and larger cohorts, the importance of conceptually based university health classes cannot be underestimated. Health classes are plentiful in university course offerings but fewer and fewer institutions require a health-related…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Education, Wellness, Stress Management
Rupp, Kristie; Schnoll, Roseanne; Zigmont, Victoria A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To examine health behaviors associated with overweight/obesity by race/ethnicity at a diverse urban college. Participants: 270 undergraduates (77.0% female; 26.7% non-Hispanic white) and median body mass index (BMI) of 23.1 kg/m2. Methods: A questionnaire about health-related behaviors as part of the "Get Fruved" project was…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Individual Differences, Body Weight, Obesity
Brittany Putnam Gerringer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Weight discrimination, the maltreatment of individuals perceived to have larger sized bodies driven by both implicit and explicit biases about weight, is a growing issue in society with deleterious effects for individuals of size (Andreyeva et al., 2008; Hatzenbuehler et al., 2009; Puhl & King, 2013; Swift et al., 2013; Tomiyama, 2014).…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Self Efficacy, Counselor Training, Body Weight
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
Zambak, Ömer – Journal of Educational Issues, 2020
The aim of the study is to evaluate the physical parameters of the futsal players before and after the season. In the study, the experimental group consisted of n = 10 male futsal players with an average age of 20.5±1.5 years, height 1.78±.03 cm, body weight 71.7±2.2 kg. The control group consisted of n = 10 male futsal players with an average age…
Descriptors: Athletes, Team Sports, Physical Fitness, Males
Seçer, Emrah; Çakmak yildizhan, Yasemin – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between physical activity levels and psychological resilience of university students. The survey model, which is one of the quantitative research types, has been used in the research. The research group consists of 1734 students - 725 (41.8%) males and 1009 (58.2%) females) - studying at…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Resilience (Psychology), College Students, Foreign Countries
Moon, Rena C.; Cunningham, Solveig A.; Gazmararian, Julie – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: The effectiveness of school-based physical activity interventions for improving cardiopulmonary fitness (CPF) of overweight and obese children is not well established. In this study, we evaluated whether overweight and obese children had similar changes in body mass index (BMI) and CPF as normal weight children after participating in a…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Human Body, Physical Fitness, Physical Activities
Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Rothbart, Michah W. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020
This paper investigates the impact of extending free school lunch to all students, regardless of income, on academic performance in New York City middle schools. Using a difference-in-differences design and unique longitudinal, student-level data, we derive credibly causal estimates of the impacts of "Universal Free Meals" (UFM) on test…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Program Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Academic Achievement
Suna, Gürhan; Isildak, Kenan – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of reformer pilates exercises on flexibility, heart rate and glucose levels of sedentary women for 8 weeks. 30 sedentary women between 30-36 years old were joined to the study. Participated in the research sedentary women' ages' mean was 32,20±1,78 year, lenghts' mean was 166,76±3,93 cm. It is…
Descriptors: Females, Biochemistry, Physical Activity Level, Adults
Perrine, Brittany L.; Monzón, Kimberly; Weber, Lauren M.; Funderburk, LesLee K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Physically active adults have experienced training benefits from fish oil--derived omega-3 fatty acid (FO n3), which may also be of benefit to singers. The purpose of this research study was to determine if self-reported vocal adaptations and body composition changes occur in singers following FO n3 supplementation in conjunction with a…
Descriptors: Singing, Musicians, Nutrition, College Students
Brazendale, Keith; Brazendale, Allison B.; Garcia, Jeanette M.; Monroe, Courtney M.; Weaver, R. Glenn; Beets, Michael W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The 'Structured Days Hypothesis' suggests that children's obesogenic behaviors (e.g., activity, diet, sleep, and screen time) are less favorable during times when there is less-structure to a child's day (e.g., summer). To compare obesogenic behaviors of children with developmental disabilities (DD) during summer on days with differing amounts of…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Behavior, Body Weight, Obesity
Honorato, Renêe de Caldas; Franchini, Emerson; Lara, Jerusa Petrovna Resende; Fonteles, André Igor; Pinto, Julio Cesar Barbosa de Lima; Mortatti, Arnaldo Luis – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare strength-endurance handgrip performance and muscle coactivation between judo athletes and untrained young males. Method: The sample was 38 judo athletes and 38 untrained young males, between 12 and 15 years-old. Maturational status was evaluated by age at peak height velocity. A maximal isometric…
Descriptors: Athletics, Athletes, Muscular Strength, Males
Kara, Erhan; Öncen, Sercan; Sagiroglu, Isa; Dinçer, Özgür – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The importance of balance is considerably high in many sports that require struggle and close contact such as wrestling. Some losses in maintaining the balance due to the movements requiring high intensity during competitions and increase in the risk of injury due to these losses may occur in wrestling athletes. The aim of this study is to…
Descriptors: Athletics, Athletes, Psychomotor Skills, Females
Schmid, Lorrie; Drake, Connor; Price, Ashley – College Student Journal, 2021
Objective: To examine the relationship between self-reported health, BMI, diet, and physical activity among students at three diverse institutions of higher learning (private university, HBCU, and community college), and investigate similarities and differences in behaviors and outcomes at these schools and how targeted interventions might support…
Descriptors: College Students, Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height
Weiyu Zeng; Yi-jun Luo; Hong Chen – Youth & Society, 2024
Eight percent of adolescent girls were found to be engaged in problematic social media use. Problematic social media use is associated with serious physical and mental consequences. This study aimed to explore the effects of thin-ideal internalization on problematic social media use and the role of selfie-related behaviors and friendship quality.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Social Media, Adolescents