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Dogru, Yeliz – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
The curfew restrictions applied during the pandemic period have had negative physical and psychological effects on people all over the world. Therefore, the aim of the study is examining the effect of distance exercise education on psychological state and body awareness. Twenty-one sedentary women aged 20-30 years participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Exercise, Physical Education, Females, Human Body
Çelik, Esranur; Tolan, Özlem Çakmak – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
The aim of study is to examine the relationship between social appearance anxiety, automatic thoughts and depression, anxiety, and stress in university students. The research was carried out on a total of 381 participants, 214 of whom were women and 167 were men. The ages of the participants were between 18 and 35 and the mean age was 22. Data…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Stress Variables
Sa, Jaesin; Cho, Beom-Young; Chaput, Jean-Philippe; Chung, Joon; Choe, Siyoung; Gazmararian, Julie A.; Shin, Jong Cheol; Lee, Chung Gun; Navarrette, Gabriel; Han, Tiffany – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: To investigate sex and racial/ethnic differences in overweight and obesity in college students. Participants: A nationally representative sample of 319,342 U.S. college students (mean age = 20.4 years; 67.7% female) from Fall 2011 to Spring 2015. Methods: A secondary data analysis of multi-year cross-sectional data was performed.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Obesity, Body Weight
Usher, Lauren V.; DaWalt, Leann S.; Hong, Jinkuk; Greenberg, Jan S.; Mailick, Marsha R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
This study examined trajectories of daily living skills, behavior problems, body mass index (BMI), and health conditions spanning nearly a decade in adolescents and adults with fragile X syndrome (N = 134; age range at study end = 19-49 years), examining influences of sex and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms. Hierarchical linear modeling…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Genetic Disorders, Gender Differences
Boz, Hilal Kilinç – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
This research was conducted to investigate the effect of technological device usage times on body composition, physical activity level and motivation to participate in physical activity in young women. The participant group of this study consists of 427 female students with an average age of 21.57 ± 2.59 studying at Van Yüzüncü Yil University. In…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, Motivation
Wang, Huan; Zhao, Qiran; Boswell, Matthew; Rozelle, Scott – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Childhood malnutrition is commonplace among poor rural communities in China. In 2012, China launched its first nationwide school-feeding program (SFP) to address this problem. This study examines the prevalence of malnutrition before and after the SFP and identifies possible reasons for the trends observed. Methods: Ordinary least…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nutrition, Rural Schools, Elementary School Students
Akçinar, Faruk; Eroglu, Bilge – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The aim of the study is to examine the effect of aerobic and aerobic-submaximal exercise on adolescents who are at risk of obesity. This research is an experimental study in the screening model. The sample group consists of volunteer 72 students but it continued with the 45 healthy volunteer students. The exercise groups were organized according…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Obesity, Comparative Analysis, Body Weight
Safiya S. Bakarman; Michael Weaver; Lisa Scarton – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
School-age children with overweight or obesity continue to be problematic in the United States, and are associated with many health, social, and financial problems. Schools provide an excellent venue in which to promote healthy weight in students, and school nurses are well-positioned to play an essential role in controlling obesity. The number of…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height, Educational Environment
Dokumaci, Bircan; Hazir, Tahir – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2019
Purpose: This study investigated the effects of the menstrual cycle on running economy (RE). Method: Eleven eumenorrheic female athletes (mean age: 21.18 [plus or minus] 3.65 years, height: 170.2 [plus or minus] 6.6 cm, VO[subscript 2]max: 49.25 [plus or minus] 9.15 mL[middle dot]kg[superscript -1][middle dot]min[superscript -1], and menstrual…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Metabolism, Physiology, Females
Aktas, Yakup; Gokhan, Ismail – Journal of Educational Issues, 2019
Objective: This study aims at examining the body composition of male football players who perform regular football training by Bioelectrical Impedance (BIA) method and comparing it with a healthy control group and investigating the effect of regular exercise on body composition. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 people participated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Composition, Males, Athletes
Kim, Elizabeth B.; Chen, Chuansheng; Cheon, Bobby K. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Prior studies have demonstrated that social norms or cues of others' eating behaviors serve as powerful guides for one's own eating behaviors. Yet it remains underexplored whether young children are susceptible to social pressure by remote peers when faced with a conflict between what they prefer and the healthy choices of a group majority. Here…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Eating Habits, Food, Preschool Children
Aksoy, Duygu; Baydemir, Baris – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
The purpose of the present study was to examine the physical and motoric characteristics of elite soccer players playing at different positions in U21 team. A total of 64 male soccer players participated in the present study (4 goalkeepers, 16 defense players, 21 midfield players, and 23 strikers). The Body Mass Indices of the players were…
Descriptors: Physical Characteristics, Team Sports, Athletes, Body Composition
Acar, Hakan; Eler, Nebahat – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of 8-week balance exercises on the speed and agility in 10-12 year-old children in physical education lessons. A total of 789 students participated in the study voluntarily. The students were randomly divided into two as experimental group (n=399) and control group (n=390). In addition to their…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Preadolescents, Physical Education, Training
Ates, Bahar – Pedagogical Research, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of soccer activities on body composition and physical fitness among prepubertal boys. A total of 38 prepubescent male soccer players (mean age, 12.1±0.13 years) were compared with 41 participants in control group (mean age, 12.4±0.06 years). The body composition was measured using the…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Athletes, Males, Body Composition
Çimen Polat, Sezen – Pedagogical Research, 2018
The aim of this study is to determine the motoric parameters of pre-school gymnasts and investigate the relations between them. 30 gymnasts participated in a research at the age of 7.23 ± 1.50. In the research data regarding resting pulse rate, blood pressure, height, weight, flamingo balance test, plate tapping test, standing long jump, shuttle…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Athletics, Body Height, Body Weight