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Metos, Julie; Gren, Lisa; Brusseau, Timothy; Moric, Endi; O'Toole, Karen; Mokhtari, Tahereh; Buys, Saundra; Frost, Caren – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: The objective of this study was to understand adolescent girls' experiences using practical diet and physical activity measurement tools and to explore the food and physical activity settings that influence their lifestyle habits. Design: Mixed methods study using quantitative and qualitative methods. Setting: Large city in the western…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Nutrition, Physical Activities
Smith, Laureen H.; Petosa, Rick L.; Sexton, Courtney – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2022
Appalachian youth are highconsumers of added dietary sugar and are very sedentary. "Mentoring to be Active" trains teens to deliver a theoretically based program to promote home-based physical activity (PA) and reduce dietary sugar among rural Appalachian youth. For this pre-test/post-test pilot study, 52 seventh graders from two…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Mentors, Adolescents, Peer Teaching
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
Chu, Meijie; Lee, Chun-Yang; Li, Xian; Zhao, Zeyu; Gao, Min; Chiang, Yi-Chen – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Social factors play an important role in adolescents' behaviors. This study aims to understand percentages of health risk behaviors across country in Europe, North America, and China; explore the associations between friendly school and family contexts and involvement for several health risk behaviors among adolescents. Methods: Data…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Behavior, Peer Relationship, Social Influences
Martin, Laurie; Milot, Alyssa – Child Trends, 2007
This brief discusses diet, exercise, body image, and weight and also provides information for practitioners on how to measure these factors among youth in their program. It summarizes (1) what it means to be overweight; (2) what are body image and eating disorders; (3) what to do if you suspect that someone in your program is suffering from an…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Adolescents, Dietetics, After School Programs
O'Dea, Jennifer A. – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review current programmes and major issues surrounding preventive interventions for body image and obesity in schools. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review was carried out by analysing papers cited in major literature databases from the last 50 years. This review describes and summarises…
Descriptors: Obesity, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Promotion, Self Esteem
Lindsay, Ana C.; Sussner, Katarina M.; Kim, Juhee; Gortmaker, Steven – Future of Children, 2006
As researchers continue to analyze the role of parenting both in the development of childhood overweight and in obesity prevention, studies of child nutrition and growth are detailing the ways in which parents affect their children's development of food- and activity-related behaviors. Ana Lindsay, Katarina Sussner, Juhee Kim, and Steven Gortmaker…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Parent Influence, Prevention, Obesity
Henningsen, Alexander; Boros, Piroska; Ingvalson, Kent; Fontana, Fabio E.; Matvienko, Oksana – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
A body mass index (BMI) report card is a tool to inform parents about their child's weight status. Body mass index notifications could curb childhood obesity by prompting parents to encourage their children to be more physically active and make better dietary choices, but they could also lower children's self-esteem and increase weight-related…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Obesity, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Prevention Initiatives Unit. – 1993
This report describes the results of a survey on out-of-school youth's health risk behaviors. The behaviors studied include unintentional and intentional injuries; tobacco use; alcohol, and other drug use; sexual behaviors; dietary behaviors that cause health problems; mental well being; and physical inactivity. Seventy-eight percent of all the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Child Health