OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect on physical activity and sedentary behaviour of a pilot school-based peer education programme in urban Beijing, China. DESIGN 4 junior high schools were matched by school size and randomised to intervention (n=346) and control group (n=336). INTERVENTION Trained peer leaders from grade 7 by research staff delivered weekly 40-min lessons to their classmates o...

The purpose of this study was to assess differences in selfregulation of attitudes towards engaging in exercise and eating a healthy diet between physical education teacher education (PETE) students and general education (GE) students, and between male students and female students. Participants were university students (n = 194) at a university in the Intermountain West in the U.S. Results show...

Purpose. To identify whether non-overweight students were different from their overweight or obese peers with respect to diet, suboptimal meal behaviours, and physical activity using a self-administered web-based survey. Methods. 4097 adolescents living in Alberta, Canada completed Web-SPAN (Web Survey of Physical Activity and Nutrition). Students were classified as overweight or obese, and dif...

Prior to 1996, Indian education policy focused more on equity through access, making some significant strides. By 1987, the Indian government had set up 530,000 primary schools, providing access to 95 percent of the young population across 80 percent of villages (NCERT, 1992, p. 42) In spite of this success, India faces significant challenges in attendance, retention and dropout rates: about 20...

This descriptive study aimed to determine the relationship between teaching physical education with online instruction on students? cognitive engagement and performance in answer research problems posed. It comprised following wit; level of instruction, engagement, terms grades significant education. On other hand, method was utilized this study. Questionnaire formulated given one hundred fifty...