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Julia M. L. Pangalangan; Jini E. Puma – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Despite public health efforts, most children in the USA do not meet nutrition and physical activity guidelines. Moreover, there are nutrition-related health disparities between non-Hispanic and Hispanic communities. Caregivers are critical role models that shape health behaviours in children. To promote healthy behaviours, health…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parent Influence, Health Behavior, Predictor Variables
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MacDonald, Dany J.; Horton, Sean; Kraemer, Krista; Weir, Patricia; Deakin, Janice M.; Cote, Jean – Educational Gerontology, 2009
This paper reports the results of two studies. The purpose of the first study was to determine if lifestyle variables and past involvement in physical activity was related to current activity levels in master athletes and sedentary older adults. Retrospective interviews were conducted with 12 master athletes and 12 sedentary older adults. Results…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Athletes, Older Adults
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Keating, Xiaofen Deng; Silverman, Stephen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: Millions of American children are participating in fitness testing in school-based physical education (PE) programs. However, practitioners and researchers in the field of PE have questioned the need for regular or mandatory youth fitness testing. This was partly because a significant improvement in youth fitness and physical activity…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Test Use, Testing, Discriminant Analysis