These stratifications of body mass index are used to operationalize weight status as objectively as possible based on meaningful WHO norms that account for gender and age on the basis of a quarter year. Differences are calculated using z-tests56. Post-hoc power of the results was simulated via...
An overview of the two calculated meta-analyses is provided in Table3, including the effect size statistic, the heterogeneity statistic, the analysis of publication bias, and the subgroup analyses. Table 3 Random effects model of Hedges’ g for school-based physical activity (PA) interventions and...
The reduction of every 10 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and 5 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) could reduce cardiovascular events by a quarter, stroke by a third, and all-cause mortality by 13%10,11,12. Even, a 2 mm SBP drop can have clinically significant impacts on...
Eligibility in Harford County is determined each quarter for the subsequent quarter. So, one failing grade on a quarterly report card means that a student is ineligible for the next quarter, and for as long as the student is failing at least one class. Students can get b...
In addition, the results of the study by Solís García and Borja González [24] show that more than half of the school children surveyed (mean age 8.92 years) spend more than 1 h a day doing homework, and more than a quarter spend more than 2 h a day doing homework. It would be ...
Overall, physical education was the indicator with the highest national average grade (B−); physical activity was the indicator with the lowest national average grade (D+); while the indicator for sports received a C− grade. An overview of the national averages in terms of provision, ...
3. Results Table 1contains the description of the total sample characteristics. More than one-quarter of the children were overweight or obese (23.1% overweight, 95% CI: 18.6%, 28.3%; 6.8% obesity, 95% CI: 4.4%, 10.4%), without differences between boys and girls, or between school educa...
(female; n = 29). AP was calculated using the grade point averages (GPA) in Mathematics, Science, and Arabic. Additionally, the Short Form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was utilized.Results:Four parameters (peak height velocity [PHV], science, Arabic, vigorous PA...
3 Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia 4 Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC 3125, Australia *