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Muscular Fitness, Adherence To The Southern European Atlantic Diet And Cardiometabolic Risk Factors In Adolescents, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Sandra Abreu, Carla Moreira, Luis Lopes, Antonio García-Hermoso, R Ramírez-Velez, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Jorge Mota, Rute Santos
Muscular Fitness, Adherence To The Southern European Atlantic Diet And Cardiometabolic Risk Factors In Adolescents, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Sandra Abreu, Carla Moreira, Luis Lopes, Antonio García-Hermoso, R Ramírez-Velez, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Jorge Mota, Rute Santos
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Background and Aim: Muscular fitness and an adherence to the Southern European Atlantic Diet (SEADiet) have been inversely associated with cardiometabolic risk. Our aim was to assess the independent and combined associations of muscular fitness and adherence to the SEADiet on cardiometabolic risk in adolescents. Methods and Results: A total of 467 Portuguese adolescents (275 girls) participated in this cross-sectional study. Sum of the Z-Scores of Curl-Up and Push-Up tests was used to create a muscular fitness score. Adherence to SEADiet was obtained using a food frequency questionnaire. A cardiometabolic risk score was computed from sum of Z-score of triglycerides, …
Cycling To School And Body Composition, Physical Fitness, And Metabolic Syndrome In Children And Adolescents, Robinson Ramírez-Velez, Antonio García-Hermoso, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Jorge Mota, Rute Santos, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Deisy Amaya-Tambo, Emilio Villa-Gonzalez
Cycling To School And Body Composition, Physical Fitness, And Metabolic Syndrome In Children And Adolescents, Robinson Ramírez-Velez, Antonio García-Hermoso, Cesar A. Agostinis-Sobrinho, Jorge Mota, Rute Santos, Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista, Deisy Amaya-Tambo, Emilio Villa-Gonzalez
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Objective: To evaluate the association between cycling to/from school and body composition, physical fitness, and metabolic syndrome among a sample of Colombian children and adolescents. Study design: During the 2014-2015 school year, we examined a cross-sectional component of the Association for muscular strength with early manifestation of cardiovascular disease risk factors among Colombian children and adolescents (FUPRECOL) study. Participants included 2877 youths (54.5% girls) from Bogota, Colombia. A self-reported questionnaire was used to measure the frequency and mode of commuting to school. Four components of physical fitness were measured: (1) anthropometric (height, weight, body mass index, and waist circumference); (2) …
Acute Effects Of Reducing Sitting Time In Adolescents: A Randomized Cross-Over Study, Anisse Penning, Anthony D. Okely, Stewart Trost, Jo Salmon, Dylan P. Cliff, Marijka Batterham, Steven J. Howard, Anne-Maree Parrish
Acute Effects Of Reducing Sitting Time In Adolescents: A Randomized Cross-Over Study, Anisse Penning, Anthony D. Okely, Stewart Trost, Jo Salmon, Dylan P. Cliff, Marijka Batterham, Steven J. Howard, Anne-Maree Parrish
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Background: Levels of sitting among adolescents are high, especially during the school day. The acute cognitive and health consequences associated with prolonged sitting are poorly understood in adolescents. This randomized crossover design study examined the acute effects of a simulated school day with reduced sitting or usual sitting on adolescents' cognitive function and cardiometabolic biomarkers. Methods: Eighteen healthy school aged adolescents were recruited from the community to the study (11 males; 7 females; mean age [SD] = 13.5 ± 0.9 years). Two protocols were developed to simulate an adolescent school day, the amount of time spent sitting was manipulated reflecting: …
The Association Between Motivation, Affect, And Self-Regulated Learning When Solving Problems, Martine Baars, Lisette Wijnia, Fred Paas
The Association Between Motivation, Affect, And Self-Regulated Learning When Solving Problems, Martine Baars, Lisette Wijnia, Fred Paas
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2017 Baars, Wijnia and Paas. Self-regulated learning (SRL) skills are essential for learning during school years, particularly in complex problem-solving domains, such as biology and math. Although a lot of studies have focused on the cognitive resources that are needed for learning to solve problems in a self-regulated way, affective and motivational resources have received much less research attention. The current study investigated the relation between affect (i.e., Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale), motivation (i.e., autonomous and controlled motivation), mental effort, SRL skills, and problem-solving performance when learning to solve biology problems in a self-regulated online learning environment. In …
English Syllabus Interpretation: The Relationship Between Literary Theories And Teacher Beliefs, Jill Ireland, Kerry-Ann O'Sullivan, Susan Duchesne
English Syllabus Interpretation: The Relationship Between Literary Theories And Teacher Beliefs, Jill Ireland, Kerry-Ann O'Sullivan, Susan Duchesne
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This paper examines the relationship between the literary theories underpinning an English syllabus and teachers' personal epistemologies and pedagogical beliefs. The study discussed here used semi-structured interviews and an online survey to investigate 50 New South Wales teachers' views of the theoretical basis of a senior English syllabus that came into force in 2000, and represented a substantial change of emphasis for the subject. Participants described the extent of alignment between literary theories they saw as influencing the Syllabus and their preferred literary theories, and linked this to their epistemological beliefs and their teaching practices at senior secondary level. Where …