RESEARCH Research and Professional Briefs Children’s School-Related Food and Physical Activity Behaviors Are Associated with Body Mass Index Tracy C. Vericker, PhD ARTICLE INFORMATION Article history: Accepted 22 July 2013 Available online 24 October 2013 ABSTRACT Childhood obesity is a critical public health issue, with prevalence rates reaching nearly one in five children. Schools may be a promising public policy intervention point. The foods schools sell and the physical activity environments
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Description of Research Methodology Jeff Covington Professor Hawkins Social Psychology July 12, 2015 Abstract The article I selected from the SPARQ website is entitled “To Make Change, Start with a Crowd.” (Wilson, n.d.), which summarizes a research article (Lewin, K. 1943) on the topic. This research article is based on not just changing the behaviors of one person at a time but changing the behaviors of an entire group. Kurt Lewin had this brilliant view on how to spread the word on being
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Professor: Edward Hernandez Intro to Sociology Date: 08/07/2015 Any scientific research involves a systematic process that focuses on being objective and gathering a multitude of information for analysis so that the researcher can come to a conclusion. This process is used in all research and evaluation projects, regardless of the research method (scientific method of inquiry, evaluation research, or action research). Research to analyze bulling, I would emphasize to analyze statistical documents e.g
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watches Television 1680 minutes (4 hours/day). 70% of day care centers use television during a typical day. Dietz WH, Strausburger VC & et al in 1991 study entitled “Children Adolescents and Television” revealed that – American children spend more time in front of TV than at any other activity, with the exception of sleep.8 The same research shows that American children spend an average of 2 & 1/2 to 4 hours per day watching television depending on their age. The amount of time spent by American
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Executive Summary: This study examined the types of drugs students in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet abuse. The participants were 10 university students drawn from different departments of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet for case study. Case study method with purposive sampling and qualitative approach has been used to conduct the study.The intent of this study was to investigate the reasons that influence to drug abuse among the university students
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RESEARCH Research and Professional Briefs Children’s School-Related Food and Physical Activity Behaviors Are Associated with Body Mass Index Tracy C. Vericker, PhD ARTICLE INFORMATION Article history: Accepted 22 July 2013 Available online 24 October 2013 ABSTRACT Childhood obesity is a critical public health issue, with prevalence rates reaching nearly one in five children. Schools may be a promising public policy intervention point. The foods schools sell and the physical activity environments
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literature and studies is to give several ideas on how the researchers formulate the proposed study. Foreign Literature In conformity with Mcknight (2006) he explained that habits are formed through repetition. Once formed, habits are difficult to break. And it is formed when we are young and are likely to stay with us in all our lives. It requires experiences whether they may bad or may be good. Sometimes, it may refer also as a routine of a person as he or she lives his or her life. Habits are being
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Personal responsibility is accepting consequences of both successes and failures based on individual actions and taking into consideration how they affect one self and others around them. The power and ability to make decisions for oneself ultimately creates control over one’s life. While excuses are everywhere, when you take personal responsibility you empower yourself with control of your own destiny. When taking into consideration how personal responsibility directly correlates with college
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Introduction • Theory, concepts, hypotheses, models The purpose of research is to discover new knowledge about a certain phenomenon. Such new knowledge could be in terms of understanding, explaining, or predicting. In most situations, understanding, explaining and predicting go hand in hand. Theories are the basic means for the researchers to provide understanding, explanation and prediction. Without a theory, the research will have very limited value…. The meaning of theory – and concepts
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Technology – driven school reform has overcome education, and advocates hail the huge number of advantages to reap. It comes with promises to push us into the future and cause dramatic improvement in student proficiency and worldwide understanding. Our computer- driven society demands that students develop the ability to operate in a technological environment, acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to be productive.
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