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Rajeswari Sambasivam; Edimansyah Abdin; P. V. AshaRani; Kumarasan Roystonn; Fiona Devi; Peizhi Wang; Eng Sing Lee; Chee Fang Sum; Mythily Subramaniam – Health Education Research, 2024
The War on Diabetes campaign was launched in 2016, encouraging Singapore residents to engage in regular exercise, adopt healthy dietary habits and screen for early detection of diabetes. This study aims to examine campaign awareness and its associations with sedentary behaviour, dietary habits and identifying diabetes. Data were obtained from the…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Dietetics
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Bryce T. Daniels; Samantha E. Robinson; Erin K. Howie – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: The study aimed to 1) examine relationships between contexts of PA, personality traits, and high school sports participation (sports) and 2) determine significant PA correlates in a college population. Participants: 237 undergraduates at a university in the United States between September 2020 and May 2021 participated. Methods:…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, High School Students, Athletics, Physical Activity Level
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Bhibha M. Das; Katrina D. DuBose; Sue-L Cohen – Journal of American College Health, 2024
One strategy to encourage college students to meet physical activity and public health guidelines is the Exercise is Medicine on Campus Initiative (EIM-OC), whose goal is to promote physical activity as a vital health sign within universities. To develop, implement, and evaluate the EIM-OC Initiative, it is critical to understand the mechanics of…
Descriptors: Exercise, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion, Logical Thinking
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Wufan Jia; Mengru Sun; Guanxiong Huang; Brett Payton; Wenting Yu – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
To unpack the process of how health information seeking influences health behaviors, we examined the mediating roles of interpersonal discussion and online information sharing in the associations between health information seeking and healthy lifestyle behaviors and the moderating role of health literacy in the associations among health…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Life Style, Health Behavior, Interpersonal Communication
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Hakan Tas; Oguzhan Yolcu; Irmak Hürmeriç Altunsöz; Ahmet Yildirim – Physical Educator, 2024
The purpose of this study was twofold: 1) to examine the effect of physical activity and public health course on perceived exercise benefits/barriers, stages of exercise behavior change, and technology dependence of undergraduate students, and 2) to explain how the physical activity and public health course supports undergraduate students in terms…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Public Health, Exercise, Barriers
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Sanna Fjellström; Jessica Hölttä; Anna Nordström; Eva Flygare Wallén; Marie Lund Ohlsson; Elisabeth Hansen – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are less physically active and suffer from ill-health more than the general population. Support staff play an important role in the person's life. This study aimed to explore the support staff's experiences regarding the feasibility of adapted web-based exercise for people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, Web Based Instruction
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Maria N. Moylan; Jessica L. Fales; Cathy A. Grover – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: While many are aware of the benefits of exercise, there has been a decline in participation across all ages, with dramatic declines during adolescence/young adulthood. This study aimed to determine whether hope, body-esteem, and motivation to exercise contribute to exercise behavior among college students. Participants: Undergraduates…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Esteem, Psychological Patterns, Human Body
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Wang, He; Fang, Yan; Zhang, Yilin; Zou, Haonan – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Since 2002, the Chinese Ministry of Education has conducted reform in the physical education (PE) curriculums of schools in China, with a focus on shifting from sports skills to regular participation in physical activity (PA) and promoting health. The aim of the study, therefore, is to examine the effects of school PE on the exercise…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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M. S. Patterson; A. N. Francis; L. R. Gagnon; T. Prochnow – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To use social network analysis to examine exercise participation relative to health and wellness support provision within students' networks. Participants: 513 undergraduates from a large private university completed online surveys. Methods: Multilevel modeling assessed exercise engagement at the individual and dyadic level and support…
Descriptors: Exercise, Undergraduate Students, Health Behavior, Social Support Groups
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James J. Annesi – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
The predominant method for treating obesity has been suggesting and providing information on a controlled diet and, to a lesser extent, increased exercise. That approach has largely failed beyond the short term for many decades as obesity rates continue to rise. Therefore, leveraging improvements in psychosocial correlates of weight-loss behaviors…
Descriptors: Adults, Females, Obesity, Eating Habits
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Haibo Xu; Ahmad Albattat; Jeong Chun Phuoc; Baogui Wang – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is that the teaching style of college physical education (PE) teachers affects the establishment of college students' exercise habits. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses the teaching style scale for 32 PE teachers and the autonomic motivation and exercise habits scale for 320 college students in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, College Students
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Mike C. Parent; Nathaniel W. Woznicki; Jackie Yang – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Kratom use represents a growing risk for public health. The present study examined demographic and behavioral factors linked with kratom use. Participants: Participants were college students in the United States who participated in the 2019-2020 Healthy Minds Study. Methods: Participants completed survey-based assessment of kratom use…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, College Students, Student Characteristics, Mental Health
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Zachary Townsend; William Torrence; Daniel Smith; Tim Werner – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
Health behaviors established during college years are typically carried on into adulthood; however, many college students are not meeting physical activity guidelines. In addition, sociodemographic and environmental factors impact exercise motivation and physical activity; yet, only limited research has compared motivations and behaviors between…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, Exercise, Motivation
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Kyle T. Ganson; Jason M. Nagata – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To identify the lifetime prevalence and correlates of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs and substances (APEDS) use among a national sample of US college and university students. Participants: Student participants from the 2020-2021 Healthy Minds Study (N = 7,401; ages 18-30 years). Methods: Lifetime prevalence of five forms of…
Descriptors: Incidence, Substance Abuse, Health Behavior, Exercise
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Lucas D. Elliott; Brandon Tran; Emily Dzieniszewski; Michelle Duffey; Oliver W.A Wilson; Melissa Bopp – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Disparities in physical activity (PA) and PA antecedents, such as exercise self-efficacy, based on the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity among college students are poorly understood. This study aimed to examine differences in PA and exercise self-efficacy based on the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity. Methods: An online…
Descriptors: Exercise, Physical Activity Level, Wellness, Health Behavior
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