The purpose of this research is to determine whether there are differences in regards basketball learning through dynamic games between 11-12-year-old female and male middle schoolers. subjects the were 40 pupils, which 19 males 21 females, aged 11- 12, from “Alexandru cel Bun” Middle School Bacau. ANOVA test showed that statistically significant average time recorded by girls boys almost all c...

UNLABELLED The arterial blood pressure was measured in 1,494 school children (810 boys and 684 girls) 5 to 14 years old who attended 46 schools in the province of Girona. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY to establish the distribution of arterial blood pressure in school children in our community in empirical percentiles according to chronologic and anthropometric variables (age, height, weight and body...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether subjective social standing in school predicts a change in body mass index (BMI) in adolescent girls during a 2-year period. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Self-report questionnaires from a community-based population of adolescent girls living across the United States from 1999 to 2001. PARTICIPANTS Of 5723 girls aged 12 to 18 years participating in...

During 2013-2015, 3.9% of boys and 4.3% of girls missed >10 school days in the past 12 months because of illness or injury. Among children aged 15-17 years, girls were more likely than boys to miss >10 school days (6.8% compared with 3.9%). Among girls, those aged 15-17 years were more likely than girls aged 5-10 years and girls aged 11-14 years to miss >10 school days (6.8% compared with 3.2% ...

BACKGROUND Promoting daily routine activities, such as active commuting to school, may have important health implications for young people. PURPOSE The aim of the study was to examine the secular trend of active commuting to school in Spanish adolescents over a 6-year period (2001-2002 to 2006-2007). We also examined several factors that might explain this trend. METHODS Data comes from two...

Studies on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention education and its educational effects for elementary school students are necessary. This study aimed to examine the of knowledge about cervical cancer, HPV, immunization, attitude immunization among girls in sixth grade South Korea. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design is used. The sample included 131 (Intervention: n = 65, ...

conclusions a high prevalence of obesity was found in zahedan students. concurrent high prevalence of obesity/overweight and underweight demonstrates amplitude of weight problems in school children. there is an urgent need for special health programs to conduct proper diagnosis and management of obesity in zahedan. results in the sample, 78.9% were under 85th percentile, 11.8% were overweight (...

OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between the number of physical activity facilities within walking distance of school and physical activity behavior in 12th grade girls during after-school hours. METHODS Girls (N=1394) from 22 schools completed a self-report to determine physical activity after 3:00 p.m. The number of physical activity facilities within a 0.75-mile buffer of the school w...