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Direct linkYepes, Maryam; Maurer, Jürgen; Stringhini, Silvia; Viswanathan, Barathi; Gedeon, Jude; Bovet, Pascal – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Background: While obesity continues to rise globally, the associations between body size, gender, and socioeconomic status (SES) seem to vary in different populations, and little is known on the contribution of perceived ideal body size in the social disparity of obesity in African countries. Purpose: We examined the gender and socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Body Composition, Socioeconomic Status, Gender Differences
Bergamin, Marco; Ermolao, Andrea; Matten, Sonia; Sieverdes, John C.; Zaccaria, Marco – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the physiological responses during upper-body aquatic exercises in older adults with different pool temperatures. Method: Eleven older men (aged 65 years and older) underwent 2 identical aquatic exercise sessions that consisted of 3 upper-body exercises using progressive intensities (30, 35, and 40…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Aquatic Sports, Water, Metabolism
Download full textBurcak, Keskin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The purpose of the present research is studying the effects of warm-up with two different sizes of balls on passing skills. Loughborough Soccer Passing Test (LSPT) was conducted on 28 non-elite football players, who participated in the present research for 10 training days. LSPT is a passing skill protocol established on completing 16 passes…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Team Sports, Training, Athletes
Meredith, Howard V. – Monogr Soc Res Child Develop, 1969
Based on body size measurements accumulated between 1950-1960, comparisons were made of 13-year-old girls and 15-year-old boys from North and South America, northern, central, and southwest Asia, Oceania, Australia, Africa, the Near East, and Europe. (DO)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Rovet, Joanne F.; And Others – 1986
A study of 55 growth-disturbed children, aged 8-17, was conducted to assess how rate of physical maturation and pubertal development influences cognitive and neuropsychological functioning. The sample included 27 boys with short stature and delayed pubertal development (SSB), 15 girls with delayed puberty (DPG), and 13 girls with precocious…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Height, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Ability
