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Sofiya Alhassan; Luke Sudarsky; Gaurav Dangol; Wanjiang Zhou; Althea Turley; Ann-Marie Sylvia; Holly Laws – Child Care in Practice, 2025
Background: Toddlers spend a significant portion of their time within the childcare setting being sedentary. Therefore, interventions are needed to improve toddlers' physical activity (PA) within this setting. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a 10-week activity program on toddlers' time…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Physical Activity Level, Program Effectiveness, Child Care Centers
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Carynne Alison Fisher; Eileen Africa – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Combining physical fitness (PF) and academic content can be a beneficial way to improve PF and mathematics performance of learners. The purpose of the current study was to establish whether a physically active academic intervention had an effect on the PF and mathematics performance of Grade 1 learners over 16 weeks. This intervention is based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Physical Fitness, Physical Activity Level
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Yvonne O'Byrne; J. Dinneen; T. Coppinger – Irish Educational Studies, 2025
Irish children's physical activity (PA) levels are below national guidelines. Schools are an ideal setting to promote PA but it remains challenging. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a step-back approach to Project Spraoi (PS); a facilitator (Energizer) led school-based PA intervention. Each Energizer in year one had 2 contact days per…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Intervention
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Nicholas D. Myers; Ahnalee M. Brincks; Seungmin Lee – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2025
Physical activity (PA) promotion is an ideal intervention target for public health because it has the potential to help individuals feel better, sleep better, and perform daily tasks more easily, in addition to providing disease prevention benefits. There is strong evidence that individual-level theory-based behavioral interventions are effective…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Adults
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Xiao Wei Feng; Maryam Hadizadeh; Jadeera Phaik Geok Cheong – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the effect of family-professional partnerships in adapted physical education on the fundamental motor skills, physical activity levels, and adaptive behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and on parental satisfaction. Methods: A randomized controlled trial design was used, with pre-and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Psychomotor Skills
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Melinda Hutchesson; Megan Whatnall; Sasha Fenton; Lee Ashton; Amanda Patterson; Jordan Smith; Mitch J. Duncan; Frances Kay-Lambkin; Tracy Burrows – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To evaluate the association between health behaviors with mental health among tertiary education students. Methods: Six databases were searched until September 2021 for prospective cohort studies evaluating the association between health behavior(s) (dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behavior, alcohol intake, sleep, smoking…
Descriptors: College Students, Mental Health, Health Behavior, Eating Habits
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Anthony Dujmovic-Bracak; Alisa D. Blazek; Emily M. Post; Jacqueline D. Goodway; Carmen B. Swain – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Introduction: Sedentary behaviour among individuals with intellectual disabilities, driven by barriers such as limited access to adapted programs and low self-efficacy, contributes to chronic health conditions. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Valemee Visual System (VVS), a novel tool offering visual support and structured exercise…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Barriers, Intervention
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Sally B. Shepley; Amy D. Spriggs; Mark Samudre; Kai M. O'Neill – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Exercise is necessary for healthy living, yet individuals with intellectual disability (ID) remain strikingly inactive compared with nondisabled peers. To improve this outcome, individuals with ID can exercise independently by self-instructing. Self-instruction is considered a pivotal skill once it generalizes to untrained stimuli. This study used…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Intellectual Disability, Exercise
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Dilek Demir Kösem; Murat Bektas; Çigdem Müge Hayli; Nese Ataman Bor – Health Education Journal, 2025
Objective: Children's lifestyle behaviours significantly affect childhood obesity. The impact of a body mass index reduction intervention applied to secondary school students on their eating behaviour, physical activity, sleep quality and obesity was in the focus of this research. Method: A quasi-experimental pre-post design was employed. The…
Descriptors: Health Education, Program Effectiveness, Health Behavior, Body Composition
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Brendan J. Smith; Joanne McVeigh; Dominika Kwasnicka; Hugh Riddell; Eleanor Quested – Health Education Journal, 2025
Background: Sufficient physical activity (PA) is important to reduce the risk of men developing chronic diseases and to improve mental health. The effectiveness of PA programmes can vary, however, among men. Individual and socio-psychological characteristics may affect the level of men's PA before starting a behaviour change programme as well as…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Physical Activity Level, Males
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Fabian Herold; Sebastian Ludyga; Myrto F. Mavilidi; Valentin Benzing; Spyridoula Vazou; Phillip D. Tomporowski; Caterina Pesce – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
The field investigating the relationship between physical activity and cognition has considerably evolved in recent years. This has led to an increasingly differentiated view on this phenomenon, challenging the notion of overall cognitive and academic benefits of regular physical activity for school-aged children, with renewed questioning of…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Schemata (Cognition), Health Behavior, Cognitive Development
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Angela Moreland; Kerrie Schnake; Laura Lessard; Faraday Davies; Katelyn Prowell; Grace S. Hubel – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Early Care and Education (ECE) providers earn low wages, have limited access to employer sponsored health insurance, and are at higher risk for poor health (Lessard, 2020). Evidence shows that poor ECE teacher physical and mental health is associated with decreased ability to provide quality care for young children (Esquivel et al., 2016). One…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Child Caregivers, Wellness, Physical Health
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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
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Erin K. Shoulberg; Hannah Scott; Caroline P. Martin; Connie L. Tompkins; Marissa Dennis; Allison Krasner; Betsy Hoza – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Objective: This study examined the unique and interactive effects of PA volume and within-person fluctuations in PA volume (i.e., intraindividual variability in PA volume; PA-var) on preschoolers' (N = 141; 47.5% girls) ADHD symptoms. Method: Preschoolers wore accelerometers during the school day over a 2-week period. Teachers reported on…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
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Chen-Hui Huang; Chun-Liu You; Yi-Ya Zhang; Yi-Hsiang Pan – Health Education Journal, 2025
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy of cooperative learning integrated into self-management support in influencing adolescents' physical activity (PA) and cardiopulmonary fitness (CRF), and to examine retention following an experimental intervention. Design: Quasi-experimental design. Setting: Elementary school setting the…
Descriptors: Self Management, Cooperative Learning, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness
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