Physical Activity and Health-Related Fitness of Grade 11 StudentsCallas, Darlene H.Nillos, Charles H.Guitche, Melona Q.Perez, Rexomar D.Technium Social Sciences Journal
Research in health and physical education (HPE) is neither new nor unidimensional. Rather, researchers engaging in HPE research have produced numerous studies evolving in complexity and clarity over a relatively short 35 years of concerted and focused re
Children’s physical fitness development and related moderating effects of age and sex are well documented, especially boys’ and girls’ divergence during puberty. The situation might be different during prepuberty. As girls mature approximately two years earlier than boys, we tested a possible conve...
THE PROBLEM OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL SPORT AS AN EFFECTIVE HEALTH TECHNOLOGY IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF SCHOOLS IN UKRAINE Education and training system developed in Ukraine, does not create the necessary motivation in students and is not conducive to the preservation and strengthening of their ...
Physical activity (PA) was significantly associated with cognition and mental health in children and adolescent. However, there were few studies examining the associations of PA with academic achievement (AA) and academic burden (AB) by gender and school grade. Hence, this study aimed to 1) inve...
The average levels of physical activity in children are below the ideal, which may influence children's health and motor competence levels. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the impact of a 10-week play-based after-school program on 50 twelve-year-old students’ anthropometric characteristics...
Ethnic minorities in the United States have higher burden of chronic disease and death than non-minorities [1]. Because obesity increases chronic disease risks [2], obesity prevention among ethnic minorities is a national priority [3] that has the potential to decrease obesity-related health dispar...
High levels of physical activity (PA), low levels of screen time, combined with sufficient sleep time, provide better health benefits. However, few studies have examined the association of these behaviours with academic skills. Therefore, this study aims to determine how PA, screen time, and sle...
There was no restriction on the health status of participants, setting of interventions, or any co-interventions present. There was also no restriction on publication date or the language of publication. In addition to qualitatively synthesizing information from these studies, studies that included a ...
This study assessed the effectiveness of a school-based two-year PA intervention in reducing obesity and overweight in 6–9 year-old children over the course of the first to the third primary school years (from 1st Grade to 3rd Grade primary school). The specific objectives were to: Describe...