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Jeffery L. Hart; David Phillips – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2020
Children with ADHD are often described as experiencing deficits in executive function. Two key areas of concern are inhibition, the ability to refrain from a dominant response when needed, and updating, the ability to revise or update incoming information. The purpose of this manuscript is to combine disparate lines of research to help establish a…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Executive Function, Children
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Lyzwinski, Lynnette Nathalie; Caffery, Liam; Bambling, Matthew; Edirippulige, Sisira – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: College students are at risk of the "freshman 15," consisting of weight gain during their university studies. Stress has been linked with unhealthy dietary intake and weight in adults in the general literature. Little is known about the key patterns of dietary intake, eating behaviors, and physical activity in relation to…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, College Students, Body Weight, Stress Variables
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Rasmussen, Martin; Laumann, Karin – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2013
This review examines the psychological benefits exercise is connected to in healthy children and adolescents. Studies on the effect of exercise on academic performance, self-esteem, emotions, and mood were examined. Academic performance is found to be maintained when normal academic classes are reduced and replaced by an increase in exercise,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Behavior, Exercise, Physical Activity Level
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Rimashevskaia, N. M.; Shabunova, A. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
According to research data, in today's Russia 70 percent of children are born with various health risk factors, and this leads to a rapid deterioration of their health during their school years. The health of school students is getting worse as a consequence of the effect of a whole set of social and economic and psychological factors, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Economic Factors, Social Influences