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Direct linkNicholson, Laura M.; McLeod Loren, Dorothy; Reifenberg, Alexandra; Beets, Michael W.; Bohnert, Amy M. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: The structure provided by school settings even with no specific obesity-intervention may prevent weight gain. This meta-analytic study considered this premise by examining weight outcomes from control groups in published randomized controlled trials of school-year obesity-related interventions conducted in-school and out-of-school.…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Meta Analysis, Obesity, Intervention
Avula, Rasmi; Gonzalez, Wendy; Shapiro, Cheri J.; Fram, Maryah S.; Beets, Michael W.; Jones, Sonya J.; Blake, Christine E.; Frongillo, Edward A. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2011
We aimed to identify positive parenting practices that set children on differential weight-trajectories. Parenting practices studied were cognitively stimulating activities, limit-setting, disciplinary practices, and parent warmth. Data from two U.S. national longitudinal data sets and linear and logistic regression were used to examine…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Music, Parenting Styles
Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Rendoff, Andrew D.; Grover, Travis; Beets, Michael W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
This study evaluated the efficacy of a 9-month treadmill walking (TW) program on exercise capacity and body mass index (BMI) for adolescents with severe autism. Ten youth residing in a residential/school treatment facility were assigned to either a supplemental treadmill walking (TW) or control group. Both groups continued to participate in their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Physical Activities, Control Groups, Body Composition
Peer reviewedBeets, Michael W.; Pitetti, Kenneth H. – Journal of School Health, 2005
This study compared health-related fitness variables of high school students (14 to 19-years-old; 120 males, 67 females) participating in physical education (PE) and school-sponsored sports (SSS) to students participating solely in PE. Cardiovascular fitness, the primary variable of interest, was measured using the 20-Meter Shuttle Ran (number of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Physical Education, Body Composition, Physical Fitness
Beets, Michael W.; Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Cardinal, Bradley J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
This study examined the cardiovascular fitness (CVF, Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run [PACER], number of laps completed) and the prevalence of at risk of overweight (AR) and overweight (OW) among 10-15-year-olds (48% girls) from the following ethnic backgrounds: African American (n = 2,604), Asian-Pacific Islander (n = 3,888),…
Descriptors: Human Body, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Case Studies
Beets, Michael W.; Vogel, Randy; Forlaw, Loretta; Pitetti, Kenneth H.; Cardinal, Bradley J. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2006
Objective: To examine provider and type variation in social support (SS) for activity. Methods: Three hundred sixty-three fifth to eighth-grade students completed a questionnaire assessing self-reported activity and social support (SS) from 3 providers: mom, dad, and peers. Important covariates of activity were included in the analysis: age, BMI,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Physical Activities, Structural Equation Models, Transportation
