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Ayman Kilany; Mohamed E. Elhadidy; Mona M. F. Ganem; Neveen Hassan Nashaat; Ghada Orabi; Mohamed A. Sakr – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Objectives: Obesity in children with Down syndrome (DS) has negative implications for behavior. The aim was to assess the influence of weight reduction by diet modification with and without physical therapy sessions on adaptive behavior and some biochemical measures in children with DS with obesity. Methods: The study included 100 children with DS…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Physical Activities, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Behavior
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
Ny'Nika T. McFadden; Amanda H. Wilkerson; Jessica Jaiswal; Beth H. Chaney; Michael L. Stellefson; Heather J. Carmack; Kylie Lovett – American Journal of Health Education, 2024
Background: Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) requires consistent disease management for blood sugar regulation. A theoretical framework can assist with interpreting behavioral processes needed for disease management. However, limited qualitative studies have explored disease management practices among college students with T1D using a theoretical framework.…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Chronic Illness, Health Behavior, Self Management
Powell, Sara M.; Bushman, Barbara A.; Goddard, Stacy E.; Scace, Delaney A.; Klabunde, Ryanne S. – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic presents many concerns, including stress. Physical activity (PA) can help decrease stress. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress and PA levels of U.S. adults. Mixed-methods data were collected from adults (N = 464, 73.3% female, 87.5% white) examining levels of stress and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Stress Variables, Physical Activities
Audrey Gonin – Journal of Dance Education, 2025
Evidence that physical activities are good for health and well-being is well established. However, the intrinsic motivation for many people is not high enough to generate active engagement. A simple way to encourage enrollment in ballet classes is to make course descriptions more attractive by combining textual impulses with before-and-after…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Self Efficacy, Self Determination
Kuijken, Noortje M. J.; Naaldenberg, Jenneken; Vlot-van Anrooij, Kristel; Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria W. G.; van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, Henny M. J.; Leusink, Geraline L. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Taking the dynamics of everyday life into account is important for health behavior change. Surveys were conducted to gain insight into available health promoting physical activity and nutrition initiatives in the everyday life of people with intellectual disability (ID). Researchers considered characteristics of the initiatives and the attention…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Intellectual Disability, Physical Activities, Nutrition
Wolfson, Joshua – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Research recognizes that physical activity habits developed earlier in life are likely to be continued throughout life. To combat rises in obesity rates and declining physical activity levels among adults, studies emphasize the responsibility higher education institutions have in targeting young adult's physical activity habits. Theories of…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Physical Education, Physical Activities, College Students
Jack Adams; Eric Wymer; P. S. S. Rao – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the changes in training, sleep, diet, and mental health of cross-country runners. Participants: Cross-country runners from NCAA Division II institutes. Methods: Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to analyze survey responses to ordinal questions on the survey while Spearman's rank…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Athletes, Exercise
Joca Zurc – Cogent Education, 2024
The health education in schools became the focus of public attention during the global pandemic of COVID-19. Teaching practice changed to meet the increased demand for pupils' health, triggering a reevaluation of higher education curricula for pedagogical students. Therefore, this mixed methods study aimed to investigate the lifestyle of…
Descriptors: Life Style, Behavior Change, COVID-19, Pandemics
Myers, Nicholas D.; Lee, Seungmin; Bateman, André G.; Wekesser, Meredith; Prilleltensky, Isaac; McMahon, Adam; Brincks, Ahnalee M. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
The objective of this study was to provide initial validity evidence for responses to the newly developed Well-Being Actions Self-Efficacy (WBASE) scale from adults with obesity under an exploratory latent variable approach. Longitudinal data (N[subscript baseline] = 667 and N[subscript 30 days post-baseline] = 550) from the Well-Being and…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Self Efficacy, Adults, Obesity
Ly, Hieu; Irwin, Jennifer D. – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objectives: To study the influence of a multi-component poster-based intervention to promote stair climbing in a library on a Canadian university campus. Participants: Adults who ascended to upper levels via staircase/elevator. Methods: Individuals who used the staircase/elevators were counted by observers for 28 days, while either in the…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Physical Activities, Intervention
Behr, Heather; Ho, Annabell Suh; Yang, Qiuchen; Mitchell, Ellen Siobhan; DeLuca, Laura; Greenstein, Noa; Michaelides, Andreas – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
Background: There is little understanding of men's weight loss outcomes and behaviors in self-directed contexts, such as digital commercial mobile weight management programs. This is an especially pressing question given that men often express disinterest in weight management programs and it is unknown how that manifests in self-directed…
Descriptors: Males, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Behavior Change
Portman, Robert M.; Levy, Andrew R.; Allen, Sarah F.; Fairclough, Stuart J. – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: There is recent evidence that exercise referral schemes (ERSs) are beginning to permit self-referral access. Notwithstanding this, to date it is unknown whether key referral characteristics, such as age, gender and socioeconomic status are associated with a greater likelihood of self-referring to an ERS, and whether self-referral…
Descriptors: Referral, Exercise, Health Behavior, Gender Differences
Sallis, James F. – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
The theme of this commentary is to discuss the need for, and challenges of, conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating multilevel health behavior change interventions. Ecological models, recommendations from national and international authoritative groups, and growing evidence all support the need for interventions designed to change multiple…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Behavior, Behavior Change, Public Health
White, Marney A.; Venkataraman, Arvind; Roehrig, Ashley; Whelan, Hope S. – American Journal of Health Education, 2021
Background: Previous research reported the effectiveness of a curriculum-based self-care intervention for students administered in the context of a course on behavior change. Purpose: The study evaluated the effectiveness of the self-care intervention for learners in a publicly available massive open online course (MOOC), who completed the course…
Descriptors: Intervention, Daily Living Skills, Behavior Change, Outcomes of Education