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Direct linkTanmay Sharma; Rita E. Morassut; Christine Langlois; David Meyre – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To explore the patterns and predictors of body mass index (BMI) change among undergraduate students from Ontario (Canada). Participants: 68 undergraduate students were followed longitudinally for 3 years with anthropometric data collected bi-annually. Methods: BMI measurements were plotted to generate individual BMI trajectory curves,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Body Composition
Beverly D. Schwartz; Liam P. Pellerine; Nick W. Bray; Jonathon R. Fowles; Joyla A. Furlano; Anisa Morava; Taniya S. Nagpal; Myles W. O'Brien – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Test the hypothesis that smoking, fast-food consumption, and binge drinking were negatively associated with academic performance in Canadian undergraduate students. Participants: Undergraduate students across Canada [n = 411 (335[female gender symbol]) aged: 22 ± 4 years] completed a questionnaire regarding their lifestyle behaviors and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Alcohol Abuse, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students
Piche, Genevieve; Fitzpatrick, Caroline; Pagani, Linda S. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2012
Identifying early precursors of body mass index (BMI) and sports participation represents an important concern from a public health perspective and can inform the development of preventive interventions. This article examines whether kindergarten child self-regulation, as measured by classroom engagement and behavioral regulation, predicts healthy…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Family Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Public Health
Lodewyk, Ken R.; Gammage, Kimberley L.; Sullivan, Philip J. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
Increasing dropout rates in senior high school physical education, particularly among females, and unhealthy activity and obesity levels in youth have led to recommendations to assess potential contributing factors in physical education participation. Drawing from gender, body image, and social-cognitive theory, this study investigated relations…
Descriptors: High Schools, Physical Education, Obesity, Females
Cairney, John; Hay, John; Mandigo, James; Wade, Terrance; Faught, Brent E.; Flouris, Andreas – European Physical Education Review, 2007
Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are less likely to enjoy participating in physical education (PE) than children without motor coordination difficulties. However, no studies have attempted to quantify this relationship or examine potentially modifiable mediating variables. Using a large sample (N = 590) of children (aged 9…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Psychomotor Skills, Comparative Analysis
Tremblay, Line; Frigon, Jean-Yves – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
We have investigated the hypothesis that stress condition will accelerate pubertal maturation in adolescent girls and that faster maturing girls will display more behavioral problems than their on-time or late-maturing peers during pubertal development. Longitudinal data were collected yearly from 1986 to 1997. Parents of 1039 French-speaking…
Descriptors: Females, Sleep, Body Composition, Anxiety
Peer reviewedMacPhee, Angela R.; Andrews, Jac J. W. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2006
The purpose of this study was to identify salient risk factors for depression in early adolescence from a group of common predictors. The following nine predictors were examined: (1) perceived quality of peer relationships, (2) perceived parental nurturance, (3) perceived parental rejection, (4) self-esteem, (5) body image, (6) pubertal status,…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Self Concept, Prevention, At Risk Persons
