Participation of 9 to 11-year-old children in physical education lessons (PEL) contributes to a significantly higher duration of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during the school day and, in overweight/obese girls and normal-weight boys, to an increase in overall daily MVPA as shown by previous research. However, it is not known whether this increase in MVPA is at the expense of l...

the main aim of this project was the assessment, for the first time, anthropometrically, the nutritional status in school girls' population aging from 7 to 10 years in ahwaz city and ultimately compare their growth rate with other findings obtained from different part of iran and also with the proposed standards of nchs in this respect. this study was conducted on 1200 apparently healthy school...

Methods The study comprised 421 school children, both sexes, aged 7-10 years, with no clinical evidence of scoliosis (Angle of Trunk Rotation <5o). One frontal photograph of anterior trunk in spontaneous standing position was taken with a digital camera in standardized manner. The semi-automatic software for calculation of photogrammetric parameters was developed in collaboration with an IT spe...

BACKGROUND It is a recurrent finding that adolescent girls report psychological symptoms in a higher degree compared with boys. The explanations for this difference vary, but the psychosocial school environment has never been a focus in these explanations. The aim of this study was to analyse whether psychosocial factors at school were associated with a high degree of psychological symptoms amo...

This paper presents data obtained by somatic examination of pupils in the 1st, 5th and 8th grade of elementary school in the area of the Town of Split in the period of three school years. There was a corresponding increase in bad posture, over the school years observed, with an increase in kyphosis among pupils of both genders, The occurrence of kyphosis among boys ranged from 0.49% in the firs...

Results A total of 380 questionnaires were submitted with no logical errors and highly probable answers from 220 girls (average age 13.4 years old) and 160 boys (average age 13.7 years old). The back and neck pain was mentioned by 49% of adolescents (51% of girls and 46% of boys). Thoracic and lumbar pain was mentioned by 39 girls (10%) and 100 boys (26%). The reported pain occurred intermitten...

The aim of this study was of determine the prevalence of asthma among elementary school children (6-12 years old) of Kerman in 1999.for this purpose,a randomly selected sample of 3036 school children was surveyed with a questionnaire.of this,2217 students (73%),including 1035 boys and 1182 girls,responded to the questionnaire.after surveying the returned questionnaire,60 students with asthma we...

The main findings can be summarized as follows. First, enrollment rates in primary school for poor rural girls are particularly low (59.8 percent). Furthermore, enrollment rates in primary school show a substantial range of variation across governorates. The widest variations are those for rural girls (from 38 percent in Missan to 88 percent in Sulaimaniya, Kirkuk, and Diala). Taking the popula...