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Bohm, Ingela; Bengs, Carita – Health Education Journal, 2023
Background: In health education, there is a risk of giving overly prescriptive recommendations, potentially activating conflicting in-group norms that reduce message receptiveness. For example, the notion of 'unhealthy youth' is a stereotype which suggests that young people are expected to make unhealthy choices. If such in-group norms are…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Self Efficacy, Health Education, Preadolescents
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Rao, D. Raghunatha; Vijayapushpam, T.; Rao, N. Amulya; Dube, Anilkumar; Venkaiah, K. – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2016
Purpose: Consumption of right diet during the adolescent phase is a critical issue among the adolescent population as their eating behavior is significantly influenced by the peers. Therefore, a study was carried out to educate the school-going adolescent girls living in urban slums of Hyderabad, Telangana, India on right nutrition. Methods: The…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Adolescents, Females, Urban Areas
Zarrett, Nicole; Veliz, Phillip – Women's Sports Foundation, 2021
This report is an extension of the 2018 report, "Teen Sport in America: Why Participation Matters Report" which set out to identify the health, academic, and psychological benefits that teen girls obtain on a sport-by-sport basis. The original 2018 Teen Sport report provided evidence of the important role that sports can play in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Athletics, Participation