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Sadowska, Joanna; Dziaduch, Izabela; Bruszkowska, Magda; Ziólkowska, Karolina – SAGE Open, 2020
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of weight status on body perception and satisfaction, occurrence of Anorexia Readiness Syndrome (ARS), and dietary behaviors in adolescent girls. The study was conducted among 516 girls aged 14 to 16 living in Szczecin (Poland). The ARS Diagnosis Questionnaire designed by Ziólkowska and the author's…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Self Concept, Human Body, Eating Habits
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Can, Sema; Demirkan, Erkan; Ercan, Serkan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Body fat (BF) and body mass index (BMI) that including physical fitness with health is important to protect and improve to the health. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of exercise preferences on BMI, body fat according to by self-report. A total of 442 volunteers, including 180 female and 262 male participated in the study. Body…
Descriptors: Exercise, Body Composition, Exercise Physiology, Preferences
Oh, Jessica Hyunjung – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this Doctoral of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to implement and evaluate an in-person educational session to enhance knowledge about eating disorders, risks, and resources through a culturally appropriate manner to a community Korean American women's group. It is also aimed to raise cultural awareness towards weight…
Descriptors: Korean Americans, Females, Eating Disorders, Prevention
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Turna, Bulent – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
This study aims to analyze the effects of 6-week core training on certain biomotor abilities for footballers in the pubertal period. Accordingly, 30 male footballers who attend football courses regularly participated in the study. Footballers were divided into two groups; 15 of them were assigned to the Core Training Group (CTG) (age: 9.73 years;…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Pretests Posttests, Team Sports, Athletes
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Perta, Karen; Kalmar, Eileen; Bae, Youkyung – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The aim of the study was to update our information regarding the salpingopharyngeus (SP) muscle using cadaveric and in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Primary objectives were to (a) observe the presence/absence of the muscle and (b) quantify and describe its dimensions and course. Method: SP specimens from 19 cadavers (10…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Visual Aids, Human Body, Physiology
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Samuel Durán-Agüero; Pablo Valdés-Badilla; Macarena Valladares; Valentina Espinoza; Francisco Mena; Gloria Oñate; Macarena Fernandez; Andres Godoy-Cumillaf; Mirta Crovetto – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To explore the associations between the consumption of three categories of ultra-processed food (sugary beverages, sweet, and salty snacks) and body mass index (BMI) among Chilean university students. Methods: We conducted a multi-center, descriptive study among 2,039 students from 6 Chilean universities. Food consumption was surveyed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Eating Habits, Food
Rothermel, Megan A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quantitative study was designed to investigate whether differences existed between body weight, body mass index, body fat percentage, and systolic blood pressure based on gender and ethnicity. Participants included 2,051 Delaware State University students enrolled in the Lifetime Fitness and Wellness course from January 2014 to December 2016.…
Descriptors: College Students, Black Colleges, Statistical Analysis, Body Weight
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Boz, Hilal Kilinç – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
This research was conducted to investigate the effect of technological device usage times on body composition, physical activity level and motivation to participate in physical activity in young women. The participant group of this study consists of 427 female students with an average age of 21.57 ± 2.59 studying at Van Yüzüncü Yil University. In…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, Motivation
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Turna, Bulent – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of agility training on reaction time in fencers. Accordingly, 48 athletes (24 females and 24 males) actively involved in fencing participated in the study. Fencers were divided into two groups as 24 fencers in the Agility Training Group (ATG: 12F, 12M) (aged 11.95 years, sports age 2.54 years,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Exercise, Reaction Time, Athletics
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Zileli, Raif – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
Thirty-four volunteer obese housewives, who have not done exercise regularly during the last six months and have had no health problems to prevent them from exercising, have participated in the study. For the participating volunteers (n = 34), their age averages have been determined as (39.30 ± 11.30 years), their average height have been…
Descriptors: Exercise, Physical Fitness, Obesity, Homemakers
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Sahin, Hilal; Nogay, Nalan Hakime – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Background: Balanced and adequate nutrition is important to improve the quality of life of children with intellectual disability but most of these children are negatively affected by nutritional problems. Objective: This study was conducted to determine the nutritional status and effect of the severity of intellectual disability on nutritional…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Severity (of Disability), Nutrition, Children
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Genc, Harun; Ali, Ghazwan Karaem – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
This study was conducted on a total of 16 female students studying at the 1st grade of Bingöl University, School of Physical Education and Sports. Students participated in the study voluntarily and divided into 8 experimental groups (EG) and 8 control groups (CG). In the study, height, body weight, dominant hand grip strength, non-dominant hand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, College Students, Physical Education
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Zileli, Raif; Söyler, Mehmet – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The aim of this study is to examination of some physical and biomotor parameters of Turkey National Junior Women Boxing Team during six-week training camp before European Championship. 27 boxers from Turkey National Junior Women Boxing Team participated in the research. The age of the boxers was x¯=15.85±0.45 years, the height of boxers was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletes, Females, Body Weight
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Kadriu, Fortesa; Claes, Laurence; Witteman, Cilia; Vroling, Maartje; Norré, Jan; Krans, Julie – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
This study aimed to assess the characteristics and content of intrusive images in patients with eating disorders, and test the relations between intrusive images, core beliefs and autobiographical memories. As an exploratory aim, patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorders were compared on the level of dissociation…
Descriptors: Patients, Eating Disorders, Correlation, Visual Stimuli
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Rozado, David – Academic Questions, 2022
This article investigates the prevalence dynamics of such terms in academic papers published in all fields of knowledge. The literature review uses the Semantic Scholar Open Research Corpus (SSORC) containing, as of 2020, over 175 million published scholarly articles and associated metadata. The author quantifies the prevalence of words denoting…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Academic Language, Periodicals, Gender Bias
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