Download or read book The Relationship Between Parent Participation and Student Success in a Long term Weight Loss Immersion Program written by Susan Mary Trotter Borgman and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focused on the relationship between student success in a long-term weight loss immersion treatment program and parent participation in the program; parent participation is defined as engaging in similar healthy behaviors at home while their child is in the program including (1) parents also striving to achieve or maintain a healthy weight; (2) parents self-monitoring of weight loss behaviors/healthy habits; (3) parents reducing/eliminating high fat foods in the home and increasing nonfat/low fat foods in the home; (4) parents improving family support in the home; and (5) parents facilitating healthy family functioning in the home. -- The problem addressed in this study was that parents struggle to understand and embrace their significant role in their children's weight loss process; issues included parent lack of awareness of the epidemic of obesity or the health dangers related to it, challenges in knowing what to do if their child is obese, and a tendency to demonstrate a lack of motivation to change their own behavior. -- This study used a quantitative correlational design with a pretest/posttest and an intervention that was completed over a 10- to 16-week time period from August 20, 2012, to December 8, 2012; recruitment of subjects began in mid-July 2012. The pretest was conducted when parents and their children arrived at the program; the posttest was done at the conclusion of the study in November and December. In October at the midway point when the parents attended the mini-immersion parent workshop, each of the measures taken in the pretest and posttest were taken again to strengthen statistical power. The pretest and posttest consisted of both parent and child independently completing (1) the weigh in, (2) height measurement to calculate BMI, (3) the food checklist (see Appendix A), (4) the social support survey (see Appendices B and C), and (5) the family survey (GF) (see Appendix D). Parent self-monitoring was also measured at the mini-immersion parent workshop in October and at the end of the study in November and December. -- The results indicated no correlation between parent participation and student success due to a very small sample size; only eight families participated because of low enrollment at the facilities used in the study. However, this study did confirm the value of exploring the impact of parent behavior on student success, especially in regard to how parents can modify their behavior (weight loss and self-monitoring) and how parents can modify the home environment (food available in the home, parental support at home, and facilitation of healthy family functioning) to empower their children to achieve a healthy weight.
Download or read book Educating the Student Body written by Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.
Download or read book Acceptability Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Emphasizing Peer Relationships in a Facebook based Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for College Students written by LaNaya M. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 37% of college students are overweight or obese (American College Health Association, 2021), and as a result, may face adverse health consequences (Kopelman, 2007) and psychosocial consequences (Wyatt, Winters & Dubbert, 2006). Despite college students' need and reported desire to lose weight to avoid the short and long-term consequences of obesity, standard behavioral weight loss treatments designed for adult populations have not proven to be as effective with a college student population (Plotnikoff et al., 2015). Some studies have explored ways to adapt the standard behavioral weight loss treatment (BWL) to college students and emerging adult populations, with some success (e.g., Gokee-Larose et al., 2019; Napolitano et al., 2013). The purpose of the current study was to replicate an adapted standard BWL treatment to a college student population and improve upon it by adding an emphasis on peer interaction with the aim of increasing social support and treatment engagement. As an early stage of treatment development, the current study aimed to assess the treatments' feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy using a randomized-control format. Eighty college students were enrolled and randomized into one of three arms, waitlist control (n = 26), the replicated adapted BWL treatment, HEAT (n = 26), and the adapted BWL treatment with an emphasis on peer interaction, HEAT-PEER (n = 28). There were significant differences between the groups on all weight-related variables. The HEAT group appeared acceptable and somewhat efficacious with an average weight loss of 3.83 pounds, but it was not feasible, with only 46% of participants meeting intervention completion standards. The HEAT-PEER group also appeared to be acceptable, was more efficacious with an average weight loss of 9.10 pounds, and feasible, with 89% of participants meeting intervention completion standards. Secondary analyses on treatment engagement, peer interaction, and behavioral changes were also assessed. Results indicate that adding an emphasis on peer interaction to an adapted BWL treatment is feasible, acceptable, and preliminarily efficacious and may provide benefits beyond those found in previous research with a college student population.
Download or read book The 4 Hour Body written by Timothy Ferriss and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will redefine how you approach losing weight. Based on over 15 years of research and with personal stories, amazing before and after photos, recipes and sidebars, The 4-Hour Body, from international bestselling author Tim Ferriss, will give unbelievable results and change the way you look forever. 'Mr. Ferriss makes difficult things seem very easy' -- NY Times 'The Superman of Silicon Valley' - Wired 'This book has changed my life' -- ***** Reader review 'An uncommon genius' -- ***** Reader review 'This book is awesome' -- ***** Reader review 'Educational and mind blowing' -- ***** Reader review ***************************************************************** Whatever your physical goal, The 4-Hour Body eclipses every other health manual by sharing the best kept secrets in the latest science and research to provide new strategies for redesigning the human body. And you don't need to exhaust yourself. International bestselling author, Timothy Ferriss, helps you reach your true genetic potential in 3-6 months with a commitment of less than four hours per week. You can pick and choose from a menu of options, from simple to extreme, for dramatic body changes. Packed full of personal case studies, before and after photos, recipes and top tips, this book will help you achieve your body goals in record time.
Download or read book Parental Participation in Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Obesity written by Anne Louise Hines and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Download or read book Effects of Parental Involvement in Behavioral Weight Loss Therapy for Preadolescents written by Edward Smith Harris and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Apples and Pears written by Marie Savard and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tum or Bum? Apple or Pear? According to women's health expert Dr Marie Savard, body shape is the closest thing we have to a medical crystal ball. More important than our weight itself, this one simple piece of information can help determine our propensity to develop certain diseases as well as guide us towards the best way of tackling weight loss. Apples and Pears will help women assess their own body shape, alert them to the potential health risks associated with each one such as heart disease, osteoporosis and breast cancer and offer them vital dietary advice on how to manage their shape and stave off weight gain. Detailed dietary plans provide simple, long-term weight loss solutions based on medical assessments of the characteristics of apple and pear-shaped women. Whether your hips are that inch too wide or your stomach sticks out that bit too far will determine far more than which swimsuit design is most flattering for your body. Apples and Pears is a highly accessible, practical guide to finding out why.
Download or read book The Effects of Parent Involvement on Student Success written by Daniel A. Flynn and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Effect of Two Levels of Parental Involvement on Weight Loss of Adolescents Participating in a Behavioral Program microform written by Mark Russell and published by National Library of Canada. This book was released on 1987 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Science of Learning and Development written by Pamela Cantor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential text unpacks major transformations in the study of learning and human development and provides evidence for how science can inform innovation in the design of settings, policies, practice, and research to enhance the life path, opportunity and prosperity of every child. The ideas presented provide researchers and educators with a rationale for focusing on the specific pathways and developmental patterns that may lead a specific child, with a specific family, school, and community, to prosper in school and in life. Expanding key published articles and expert commentary, the book explores a profound evolution in thinking that integrates findings from psychology with biology through sociology, education, law, and history with an emphasis on institutionalized inequities and disparate outcomes and how to address them. It points toward possible solutions through an understanding of and addressing the dynamic relations between a child and the contexts within which he or she lives, offering all researchers of human development and education a new way to understand and promote healthy development and learning for diverse, specific youth regardless of race, socioeconomic status, or history of adversity, challenge, or trauma. The book brings together scholars and practitioners from the biological/medical sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, educational science, and fields of law and social and educational policy. It provides an invaluable and unique resource for understanding the bases and status of the new science, and presents a roadmap for progress that will frame progress for at least the next decade and perhaps beyond.
Download or read book EUDISED European Educational Research Yearbook 1997 98 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dual Language Education written by Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.
Download or read book The Influence of Effective Parent Involvement on Student Success written by Michelle L. Roatch and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
