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Direct linkMcDermott, Gary; Brick, Noel E.; Shannon, Stephen; Fitzpatrick, Ben; Taggart, Laurence – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Adolescents with intellectual disabilities are insufficiently physically active. Where interventions have been developed and delivered, these have had limited effectiveness, and often lack a theoretical underpinning. Aim: Through application of the COM-B model, our aim is to explore the factors influencing adolescent physical activity…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intellectual Disability, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities
Maloney, Erin K.; Bleakley, Amy; Stevens, Robin; Ellithorpe, Morgan; Jordan, Amy – Health Education Journal, 2023
Background: In the USA, lower income minority ethnic children and teenagers report high consumption of sugar sweetened beverages, which cause dental erosion and dental carries, and play a significant role in overweight, obesity and diabetes. Objective: This study aimed to examine urban adolescents' beliefs about sports and energy drinks to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Blacks, Hispanic Americans
Bouclaous, Carmel; Daher, Ralph; Osseily, Wissam; Rosário, Rafaela; Hamam, Hasan – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2023
The study assessed health literacy (HL) in Lebanese adolescents and its associations with health during the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 228 adolescents (63.1% female), 15.5 ± 1.5 years, took the survey. Data was collected between May and September 2020. The questionnaire consisted of the Health Literacy for School-Aged Children (HLSAC) scale,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, COVID-19, Pandemics
Karel Frömel; Dorota Groffik; Josef Heidler; Josef Mitáš; Michael Pratt – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the impact of segment-specific physical activity (PA) recommendations during the school day on the daily PA in both boys and girls. Methods: A total of 426 Czech and 219 Polish adolescents participated in this study. They were divided into two groups: one receiving segment-specific PA recommendations for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents, Health Promotion
Siobhan M. O'Dean; Matthew Sunderland; Scarlett Smout; Tim Slade; Cath Chapman; Lauren A. Gardner; Louise Thornton; Nicola C. Newton; Maree Teesson; Katrina E. Champion – Prevention Science, 2024
Lifestyle risk behaviours--physical inactivity, poor diet, poor sleep, recreational screen time, and alcohol and tobacco use--collectively known as the "Big 6" emerge during adolescence and significantly contribute to chronic disease development into adulthood. To address this issue, the Health4Life program targeted the Big 6 risk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, At Risk Students, Intervention
Paulette M. Yamada; Erin Centeio; Erin O. Bantum; Kelley Hutchins; Laura Bonilla; Carie Sumida; Jayna Lee; Robin Putnam; Sabrina Cao; Grace-Marie Lopez – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2024
The aim of this article is to improve physical education (PE) teachers' knowledge about working with children diagnosed with cancer. Physical activity (PA) in this population is extremely important. Not only do these children have an increased risk of co-morbidities compared to healthy peers, but cancer treatment has negative effects on fitness…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Children, Adolescents
Smith, Nicholas David W.; Bradley-Klug, Kathy L.; Suldo, Shannon M.; Dedrick, Robert F.; Shaffer-Hudkins, Emily J. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Conceptualizations of health have expanded to include indicators of adolescents' physical and mental wellness, rather than solely the absence of diseases or disorders. Although extensive research has identified links between mental and physical wellness, few studies have investigated the relationship between health promotion and…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Well Being, Psychological Patterns
Fröberg, Andreas – Physical Educator, 2022
From a health promotion perspective, schools are ideal settings for the promotion of physical activity since virtually all children and youth can be reached. Physical education is mandatory in many countries and offers unique opportunities for the promotion of physical activity among children and youth. However, since physical education represents…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Children, Adolescents
Smith, Laureen H.; Petosa, Rick L.; Sexton, Courtney – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2022
Appalachian youth are highconsumers of added dietary sugar and are very sedentary. "Mentoring to be Active" trains teens to deliver a theoretically based program to promote home-based physical activity (PA) and reduce dietary sugar among rural Appalachian youth. For this pre-test/post-test pilot study, 52 seventh graders from two…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Mentors, Adolescents, Peer Teaching
Ryan D. Burns; Wonwoo Byun; You Fu; Nicole L. Mihalopoulos – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between sexual identity-behavior concordance and discordance with meeting recommendations for 24-hour movement behaviors in adolescents. Participants were US adolescents who reported a history of sexual partners from the 2015-2019 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (N = 19688; 49.3%…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality
Park, So Hyun; Park, Hanjong; Faith, Myles – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
This study examined mediating effects of body weight control behaviors in the relationship between body weight perception and health-related behaviors among 11,458 U.S. adolescents from the 2010 National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey. Parallel multiple mediation analysis was performed for the secondary data analysis. Nearly one…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Self Concept, Health Behavior, Adolescents
Taylor, Carrie D.; Lange, Eric James – Physical Educator, 2022
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes prevention represents a critical need for the health education curriculum, given the rise of the disease and its precondition for today's youth. An active understanding of diabetes encourages young people to take control of the nutritional and exercise factors that keep the…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Prevention, Health Education, Educational Games
Chu, Meijie; Lee, Chun-Yang; Li, Xian; Zhao, Zeyu; Gao, Min; Chiang, Yi-Chen – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Social factors play an important role in adolescents' behaviors. This study aims to understand percentages of health risk behaviors across country in Europe, North America, and China; explore the associations between friendly school and family contexts and involvement for several health risk behaviors among adolescents. Methods: Data…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Peer Relationship, Social Influences
Heo, Moonseong; Wylie-Rosett, Judith – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Among adolescents, physical inactivity and unhealthy dietary habits are associated with being obese. We know little about how those are associated with trying to lose weight. Methods: We analyzed the 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance data (N = 13,583) to examine how obesity and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits, High School Students
Seiwert, Katherine A.; Butler, Lauren; Maynard, Dan; Kinkade, Mae; Nill, David T. – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Literature shows adolescence is a critical time for forming health habits and eHealth can be an effective platform for encouraging health habits. Purpose: This study seeks to understand the impact of eHealth intervention that encourages tracking multiple health behaviors on habit participation and self-rated health. Methods: Using a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Health Behavior, Behavior Change, Intervention
