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September 2022, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

About 1 in 5 American children has obesity. Compared to children with healthy weight, children with overweight or obesity are at a higher risk for asthma, sleep apnea, bone and joint problems, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.

Interdisciplinary Perspectives In Lifetime Wellness, Erick Richman

Textbooks

Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Lifetime Wellness, 1st Edition.

Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Lifetime Wellness is an open educational resource developed under a grant through Affordable Learning Georgia for use in health and well-being education courses at Columbus State University. It is available under a non-commercial, share-alike creative commons license for use by educators and other individuals.

Healthy Living In Washington County, Colleen Mccarthy

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

No abstract provided.

Ekart, Donna, Gretchen Muehle, Brooke Hall

Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection

Donna Ekart is a 53-year-old queer, femme woman living in Portland, Maine. Ekart grew up in Manhattan, Kansas surrounded by both her immediate and extended family. Ekart moved to Portland, Maine with her wife when she was in her mid-forties. Ekart came out as queer to her friends and family when she was 40-years-old. She has been involved in LGBTQ+ organizations including Equality Maine, which is Maine’s biggest queer organization whose aim is to secure full equality for the LGBTQ+ community in Maine through political action, community organizing, education, and collaboration. Ekart’s religious identity and relationship with the Catholic Church …

Gardner-Webb Student Uses Time At Home To Expand Youtube Channel, Office Of University Communications, Claire Coile

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

When Gardner-Webb University officials responded to the Coronavirus pandemic by switching to online delivery of classes and suggesting students stay home for the remainder of the spring semester, junior Savannah Parton came home to finish her classes. She also kicked her work routine into high gear. Parton is a communication studies major with a concentration in public relations and is active in the communication honors society, Lambda Pi Eta.

Gardner-Webb Challenges Campus, Alumni And Community To Virtual 5k, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Since local 5Ks have been postponed because of Coronavirus restrictions, Gardner-Webb University is hosting a Virtual 5K. Runners are encouraged to stay at home and run or walk a 5K—on any day and time you choose—between April 25 and May 9. Participants are encouraged to complete the event in honor of someone—a parent or grandparent who attended Gardner-Webb, a son or daughter who attended GWU or who are currently enrolled, a current or former coach, a current or former teammate, staff or faculty member—anyone you choose.

Addressing Pandemic-Related Barriers To Fitness, Kyle Leonard

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

Obesity is a persistent concern in Clinton County, New York. Over one-third of children and over two-thirds of adults in the county are classified as either overweight or obese. Obesity is associated with many adverse health outcomes, including all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, diabetes, and various cancers. Moreover, increased prevalence of obesity leads to increased healthcare costs for those affected, amounting to tens of billions of excess dollars spent annually. As a result of the pandemic, several fitness centers in the Plattsburgh area had closed for good, leaving many residents without access to fitness. Many of those residents had been …

Gwu Research Scholar Conducts Testing For The American College Of Sports Medicine, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Research conducted by Gardner-Webb University senior Savannah Hollifield will have an immediate impact on the fitness world. Her findings will be added to the data used by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) to establish a normative base for its cycle ergometer protocol and push-up test. The exercise science major from Forest City, N.C., was one of 13 students who received a grant from the Undergraduate Research Scholars program for the summer 2018 term.

Track My Trip, Katie Taylor, Charlotte Calderwood, Anish Bachu, Chase Fike, Danielle Samson

Nexus Maximus

We came up with a smart phone app to promote more physical activity which incorporates a reward scheme. This in turn helps to benefit local businesses.

Nexus Maximus V

The 2018 Challenge: "Improving Lives Through Healthy Communities" Teams will evaluate and seek innovation that supports the health and well-being of specific local community populations. The team’s project work will be supplemented with workshops on innovation, entrepreneurship, and content relevant to the theme, delivered by experts throughout the weekend.

Teams will also explore opportunities to leverage that data in meaningful ways that benefit and protect individuals and society. The team project …

Walking And Jogging For Fitness (Ghc), Scott Flynn, Lisa Jellum, Jonathan Howard, Althea Moser, David Mathis, Christin Collins, Sharryse Henderson, Connie Watjen

Nursing and Health Sciences Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Walking and Jogging for Fitness was created under a Round Seven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Nutrition And Exercise Resources For Clinton County, Paige M. Wood

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

The obesity epidemic is a nation wide problem that has increased prevalence in Clinton County, NY when compared to the surrounding areas. Obesity leads to many co-morbid health conditions and is associated with a large increase in health care spending costs. This brochure tackles the limited resources, such as limited number of fitness centers, lack of nutrition education and an overall lower socioeconomic status, that is present in the Clinton County area. This brochure offers help in these areas through free phone applications which cover nutrition education, healthy shopping guidance, at home exercise routines, motivation, habit trackers and mindfulness exercises.

Strides For Change: Incentivizing Hispanic Youth To Promote Exercise, Fitness And Wellbeing, Priyanka Chilakamarri

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

The United Way of Western Connecticut's 2014 annual report on Danbury's Young Children found that Danbury's children are facing many physical fitness challenges compared to the state of CT. A study looking at 4th graders in a physical fitness test finds that Danbury students consistently have a harder time passing the fitness test. Of the population studied, 42.5% were ethnically Hispanic.

Improving Healthy Habits In Berlin, Vt, Amy I. Triano

Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects

A significant percentage of patient’s at Berlin Family Practice have diagnoses of Type II Diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and/or obesity. Essential to treatment and management of these conditions are a healthy diet and exercise. There are many local and national resources available but no single place where patient’s can find links to national as well as local resources in the Central Vermont community. There is also insufficient time for physicians or nurses to counsel patients on relevant resources. This project involved creation of a website with community and national resources for healthy living that providers could refer patients to. A …

Reducing Childhood Obesity In America Through National Legislation, Sailee A. Joshi

Undergraduate Research Posters

According to the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, the American childhood obesity rate has increased threefold within the past 25 years, a trend accompanied by increasing rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, and even mortality. Obesity has grown so prevalent, in fact, that Centers for Disease Control estimate that one in three American children is obese. According to the Chan School of Public Health, unless legislation directly targeting America’s spiraling obesity rate is passed, the trend shows no signs of slowing or reversing.

Passing effective legislation requires a both an understanding …

The Grizzly, March 20, 2014, Dave Muoio, Amanda Frekot, John Parry, Janel Forsythe, Caroline Sandberg, Evan Hill, Michael Heimbaugh, Olivia Z. Schultz, Caitlin Tillson, Chloe Kekovic, Shawn Hartigan, Jonathan Vander Lugt, Austin Fox

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

ABC Pilot Series Filmed in Olin Auditorium This Weekend • Survey Requests Faculty Input About Classroom Facilities Improvements • Student Government Votes on Constitution • UC Add-Drop Policy is Similar to Other Liberal Arts Colleges in PA • Hillel Brings Jewish Culture to Campus • Fitness Alternatives Outside of the Gym • Weed-out Courses Debated in Sciences • Opinion: Hey, White Guys, Your Say is the Say; Media Criticism Harms American Troops • Softball Looks to Fill Big Shoes • Sleepers Set to Battle During 2014 March Madness • Spring Sports in Full Swing at UC

Wellness Magazine 2014 Issue, Office Of Recreation And Wellness

Wellness Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, November 13, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

No abstract provided.

Kroc Fit Kids Needs Assessment, Brandon Dotts, Jason Jarvinen, Maria Todaro, Morgan Wilson

Program Design and Evaluation

The Salvation Army Kroc Center, a 12.4-acre family support, education, recreation, and cultural arts center located in the Rolando neighborhood of San Diego, is interested in designing an intervention program to alleviate the issue of low levels of physical activity and combat the childhood obesity problem. The Kroc Center is well suited to designing such an intervention because it works closely with six partner elementary schools in its surrounding neighborhoods. To assist the Kroc Center in developing an intervention, this needs assessment examines factors that may lead to low fitness scores, and the potential dangers to students, and the community, …

Wellness Magazine 2013 Issue, Office Of Recreation And Wellness

Wellness Magazine

No abstract provided.

Researchfanshawe Magazine Issue 6, Dana Morningstar, Robert Haaf, Ramon Delgado, Elanor Fullick, John Bennett, John Huff, Leslie Mcintosh, Simone Graham, Dan Douglas

ResearchFanshawe Magazine

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb Running Group Chases New Scholarship, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Last fall, 18 Gardner-Webb faculty and staff completed the Charlotte Thunder Road Half Marathon as part of Dr. Jeff Hartman’s “Running With a Purpose” fitness group. This spring, the group tackled the Hickory Charity Chase Half Marathon, but their accomplishment was less significant for the miles they logged than for the “purpose” they championed: a new scholarship to honor longtime professor of physical education and wellness, and current Dean of Student Development, Dr. Delores “Dee” Hunt. Since 1978, Hunt—whom everyone affectionately calls “Doc”—has served several terms as chair of the Physical Education, Wellness, and Sport Studies (PEWSS) department, two stints …

Wellness Magazine 2011 Issue, Office Of Recreation And Wellness

Wellness Magazine

No abstract provided.

Wellness Magazine 2010 Issue, Office Of Recreation And Wellness

Wellness Magazine

No abstract provided.

Wellness Magazine 2009 Issue, Office Of Recreation And Wellness

Wellness Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2006-11-03, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the College of Wooster's student run newspaper was published on November 3 of 2006, and it is eight pages long. The article that heads the first page is about the Ohio governor's office race, the candidates are: Ken Blackwell, Ted Strickland, Robert Fitrakis, Bill Pierce, James Lundeen (all representing different parties). The Herman Westinghouse Memorial Power Plant is being upgraded so that it will meet the new national environmental standards. The new Director of Residence Life Christine Kracker reflects on the last three months at Wooster on pages one and two. Page three has multiple different viewpoints …

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, October 3, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

Wooster Magazine: Winter 2005, Lisa Watts

Wooster Magazine: 2001-2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the winter of 2005. An article from page ten to fifteen highlights alum Dale Swift '80 and his work as a pediatric neurosurgeon. Pam Tegtmeier, the wellness coordinator of the college, discusses getting fit from page sixteen to nineteen. An 1877 alum, Dr. George Emery Goodfellow, is highlighted on page twenty/twenty-one for his surgeon career. Jimmy Wilkinson Meyer talks on alternative medicine from page twenty-two to twenty-five. The Class Notes section is from page thirty-one to sixty-three.

Taylor Magazine (Winter 1991), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Winter 1991 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The cover is misprinted as "1990".

#29 - Is Your Child Physically Fit?, Department Of Health Education

Keys to Total Health

- Younger People see Less Need of Change

- How Healthy is Your Child . . . or Grandchild?

- Physical and Dental Exams

- Quiz