To examine the relationship between physical activity, TV watching, and weight in U.S. youth ages 14 to 18 years.Data from a nationally representative sample of 15,143 high-school students participating 1999 Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey were examined. Prevalence rates participation moderate activity (MPA), vigorous (VPA), television watching (TV) determined. The association MPA, VPA, body mass index (BMI) overweight status (BMI > or =85th percentile...

The utility of self-report measures physical activity (PA) in youth can be greatly enhanced by calibrating output against objectively measured PA data. This study demonstrates the potential using a commonly used tool called Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ). A total 148 participants (grades 4 through 12) from 9 schools (during 2009–2010 school year) wore an Actigraph accelerometer for 7 days and then completed PAQ. Multiple linear regression modeling was on 70% available sample to...

Background: Schools play a role in addressing childhood obesity by implementing healthy eating and physical activity strategies. The primary aim of this case study was to describe prevalence overweight among elementary school students rural Mid-western community between 2006 2012. secondary use novel approach called "population dose" retrospectively evaluate the impact dose each strategy implemented its estimated potential population level on changes obesity. Methods: Weight height were...

Research has demonstrated a relation between alcohol use and engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors. Alcohol use, especially binge drinking, been linked to host of problems including behavior, date rape, academic problems. As such, the purpose this study was provide descriptive profile consumption among adolescents examine relations (lifetime, current, binge) with activity variables (sexual initiation, multiple sex partners, condom pregnancy) completing 1993-1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey....

Background: Less than half of U.S. adults engage in the recommended amount physical activity (PA). Internet-delivered PA programs increase short-term but long-term adherence is largely equivocal. Purpose: To determine whether increased following 16-week internet-delivered Active Living Every Day (ALED-I) program maintained 8 months later sedentary and overweight rural adults. Methods: In our previous randomized controlled trial (N = 32; 18 intent-to-treat controls, 14 ALED-I interventions),...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Research is emerging suggesting that fitness not only improves health, but enhances academic achievement in children. Many studies have found the strongest correlation with to be aerobic fitness. The purpose of this study examine influence and ranking on association between improvements students' their achievement. METHODS Data were collected from 1152 second‐ through fifth‐grade students enrolled 10 Midwestern schools. School‐fixed effects models used estimate impact...

This study tests calibration models to re-scale context-specific physical activity (PA) items accelerometer-derived PA. A total of 195 4th–12th grades children wore an Actigraph monitor and completed the Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ) one week later. The relative time spent in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA%) obtained from at recess, PE, lunch, after-school, evening weekend was matched with a respective item score PAQ's. Item scores 145 participants were calibrated against objective...

This study sought to predict the use of dietary supplements marketed enhance athletic performance among 1,737 adolescent athletes. An anonymous, paper-and-pencil, self-report survey was administered participants. Grade level, participation in multiple sports, and scales representing attitudes, subjective norms, intention were all significant predictors current supplement use. The results this allow for development more appropriate prevention intervention strategies that can target specific...

ABSTRACT: School‐based research and health promotion interventions typically require upper administration support acceptance to succeed. This paper focuses on a recently completed Delphi survey of the majority school district superintendents in frontier state. The examined superintendent district‐level concerns at elementary, middle/junior high, high levels. Primary revolved around funding, classroom education student achievement, teacher‐centered issues. Implications for this are discussed...

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal established by the National Center for Prevention and Health Promotion. PCD provides an open exchange of information knowledge among researchers, practitioners, policy makers, others who strive to improve health public through chronic disease prevention.

Background: Several family-based efficacious pediatric weight management interventions (PWMIs) have been developed to reduce child status. These programs are typically based in larger cities delivered by an interdisciplinary team a hospital or medical center. The degree which these PWMIs translated to, and feasible in, rural micropolitan areas is unclear. This study protocol describes pilot Type III hybrid effectiveness–implementation (T3HEI) trial testing multilevel strategy that focuses on...

Abstract Background Understanding the cost and/or cost-effectiveness of implementation strategies is crucial for organizations to make informed decisions about resources needed implement and sustain evidence-based interventions (EBIs). This economic evaluation protocol describes methods processes that will be used assess costs across improve reach, adoption, implementation, organizational maintenance an pediatric weight management intervention- Building Health Families (BHF). Methods A...

Childhood overweight is a global health problem. Monitoring of childhood body mass index (BMI) may help identify critical time periods during which excess weight accumulated.To examine changes in mean BMI and the prevalence at-risk-for repeated cross-sectional samples rural first grade schoolchildren between 1999 2004.BMI was determined 479 graders from Wyoming school district. gender-specific BMI-for-age percentiles were evaluated over 6 years. Children also classified as normal or...

Pediatric weight management interventions (PWMIs) have resulted in positive changes among family members and, if widely disseminated, could an impact on pediatric rural communities. The purpose of this article is to describe a backward design approach taken create online packaged program and implementation blueprint for building healthy families (BHF), effective PWMI process included the identification end users: primary (facilitators be trained through blueprint), secondary (researchers...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between physical activity, a family history (FH) coronary heart disease (CHD), and blood pressure (BP) in young adults. We were specifically interested determining whether relationship moderate-to-vigorous activity BP modified by FH CHD.Subjects 230 (103 males, 127 females) university students. Family self-reported habitual assessed with 3-day diary. Indicators included estimated daily energy expenditure (EE) EE (MVPA) [median...

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing an adapted, evidence-based 12-week Family Healthy Weight Program (FHWP), Building Families, on reducing BMI metrics and clinical health indicators in a real-world community setting.

Abstract Aim Customer discovery, an entrepreneurial and iterative process to understand the context needs of potential adoption agencies, may be innovative strategy improve broader dissemination evidence-based interventions. This paper describes customer discovery for Building Healthy Families (BHF) Online Training Resources Program Package (BHF Resource Package) support rural community evidence-based, family healthy weight program. Methods The was completed as part a SPeeding...

Purpose: The purposes of this study were (a) to describe the prevalence participation in moderate vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and overweight obesity, (b) examine associations between weight status a sample university students from rural university. Methods: Data representative 773 (361 women, 412 men) participating National College Health Assessment Survey examined. MVPA height body mass self-reported. body-mass index (BMI) was derived used classify subjects as normal, overweight, or...

Incorporating physical activity (PA) into the school day may be an additional mechanism to meet daily PA goals and enhance health academic outcomes of students (Mahar et al., 2006). When policies increase are implemented classrooms, teachers not always educated or confident in methods increasing (Callea 2008). In a local Midwestern rural community, administrators mandated 20 minute moderate vigorous (MVPA) policy that required provide minutes MVPA their outside recess education. Teachers,...