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Direct linkElder, John P.; Arredondo, Elva M.; Campbell, Nadia; Baquero, Barbara; Duerksen, Susan; Ayala, Guadalupe; Crespo, Noc C.; Slymen, Donald; McKenzie, Thomas – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: The prevalence of overweight children has reached epidemic proportions, and affects Latinos youth more than other subgroups in the United States. Given the prevalence of obesity and its economic consequences, community health initiatives have shifted toward primary prevention at younger ages. Methods: Data representing all levels of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Obesity, Body Composition, Incidence
Taymoori, Parvaneh; Lubans, David; Berry, Tanya R. – Health Education & Behavior, 2010
Promoting sustainable physical activity (PA) behavior change is challenging, and a number of theoretical models have been developed and applied to this problem. Pender's health promotion model (HPM) is a relatively new model that is based on Bandura's social cognitive theory but includes the additional construct of competing demands, which are…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy
Download full textCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011
Schools play a critical role in improving the dietary and physical activity behaviors of students. Schools can create an environment supportive of students' efforts to eat healthily and be active by implementing policies and practices that support healthy eating and regular physical activity and by providing opportunities for students to learn…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Dietetics, Guidelines, Educational Opportunities
Haveman, Meindert; Perry, Jonathan; Salvador-Carulla, Luis; Walsh, Patricia Noonan; Kerr, Mike; Lantman-De Valk, Henny Van Schrojenstein; Van Hove, Geert; Berger, Dasa Moravec; Azema, Bernard; Buono, Serafino; Cara, Alexandra Carmen; Germanavicius, Arunas; Linehan, Christine; Maatta, Tuomo; Tossebro, Jan; Weber, Germain – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Background: POMONA II was a European Commission public health-funded project. The research questions in this article focus on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors, and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators (P15). Method: The P15 was completed in a cross-sectional design…
Descriptors: Public Health, Check Lists, Life Style, Mental Retardation
Foote, Catherine Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
As the number of children affected by obesity increases in the United States, it is necessary to intervene with preventative and intervention techniques that will enact change. Since children spend a significant portion of their time in school, it is of particular interest to target strategies during the school day. Given recommendations for the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Behavior Modification, Obesity
Terzian, Mary; Moore, Kristin Anderson – Child Trends, 2009
Concern about physical inactivity among U.S. youth has been mounting in recent years, in light of studies suggesting that few adolescents (about one out of three) engage in recommended levels of physical activity. Although much attention has been paid to individual factors that may contribute to this problem, such as television viewing and…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Television Viewing, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Gill, Diane L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2009
In the early 1970s, both my academic career and the psychology subdiscipline within kinesiology began as "social psychology and physical activity." Since then, sport and exercise psychology research has shifted away from the social to a narrower bio-psycho-(no social) approach, and professional practice has focused on the elite rather…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Well Being, Social Psychology
Smith, John; Nichols, David; Biggerstaff, Kyle; DiMarco, Nancy – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the amount of physical activity in which children engage during physical education classes and factors that mediate their participation. Third and 4th grade students wore pedometers during each 30-min physical education class for one school year. Steps per class were collected daily during structured and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Grade 4, Physical Activity Level
Fisher, Michele – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
Growth and development have a profound effect on physical fitness, response to exercise, and exercise programming in children. This article reviews the essential pediatric exercise physiology concepts relevant to physical education programs for K-6 children. Indices of physical fitness such as cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Muscular Strength, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness
Beighle, Aaron; Erwin, Heather; Castelli, Darla; Ernst, Michael – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
Schools are expected to lead in physical activity promotion for youths. Specifically, physical educators are being asked to take on the role of the school physical activity director (PAD) and implement a comprehensive school physical activity program (CSPAP). Quality physical education, classroom-based physical activity, recess and other activity…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Activity Level
Janisse, Heather C.; Barnett, Douglas; Nies, Mary A. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2009
Parenting may be the most physically and mentally demanding social role people encounter during their life. Personal resources are essential to child rearing, yet perceptions of parenting energy have been largely unexplored. This manuscript reports on the need for and development of a measure of perceived energy for parenting (PEP), as well as a…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Validity, Child Rearing, Measures (Individuals)
Williams, Christine L.; Carter, Betty Jean; Kibbe, Debra L.; Dennison, David – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009
Objective: This report describes a pilot study to evaluate Animal Trackers (AT), a preschool program designed to (1) increase structured physical activity (PA) during the preschool day; (2) increase practice of gross motor skills; (3) provide teachers with an easy-to-use PA program regardless of teacher experience; and (4) implement a teacher…
Descriptors: Obesity, Class Activities, Intervention, Physical Activities
Li, Li; Lin, Chunqing; Cao, Haijun; Lieber, Eli – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2009
Objective: To explore intergenerational health habits and compare differences between urban and rural families. Methods: A total of 2500 families with children ages 6-18 in China were surveyed regarding their health habits. Results: Urban families reported significantly greater food variety and more time exercising (for fathers and children) than…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Rural Urban Differences, Foreign Countries
Schoner, Gregor; Dineva, Evelina – Developmental Science, 2007
That competences may emerge given appropriate environmental and behavioral context is a long-standing theme in developmental research. Work in the motor domain, but also in cognitive development, has made it possible to transform this idea into a mechanistic account closely linked to empirical evidence. In dynamic systems thinking, such capacities…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Learning Processes, Physical Activity Level, Motor Development
Behrens, Timothy K.; Dinger, Mary K.; Vesely, Sara K.; Fields, David A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate how accurately free-living adults record their pedometer steps on step logs. Researchers used three different methods to examine the accuracy of participant-recorded steps: tests of equivalence, correlation coefficients, and Bland-Altman plots. Findings indicate that participant-recorded steps…
Descriptors: Adults, Physical Activity Level, Measurement Techniques, Physical Activities
