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Intuitive Eating And Its Relationship With Physical Activity Motivation, Amy Campbell Nielson
Intuitive Eating And Its Relationship With Physical Activity Motivation, Amy Campbell Nielson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Research has shown that restrictive eating, or dieting, can be devastating to one's health. A new paradigm, intuitive eating, suggests that individuals eat based off of their physiological cues, and not for emotional or social ones. To date, restrictive eating has been extensively researched, but intuitive eating has not. The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between intuitive eating and its relationship between physical activity motivation and physical activity maintenance, using the self-determination theory.
Participants completed a survey to determine their intuitive eating level, their physical activity motivation, and their physical activity maintenance (n = …
A Comparative Study Of Conventional Exercise And Weight Training Of College Women At Utah State University, Virginia Gayle Oleksiak
A Comparative Study Of Conventional Exercise And Weight Training Of College Women At Utah State University, Virginia Gayle Oleksiak
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Women are now making use of weight training for improving strength, flexibility and body contours. Most studies on weight training have used male subjects. This study compared the results of a conventional exercising program and a weight training program for reducing inches in the circumferences of the right upper arm, pectorals, waist, hips, and right thigh.
The subjects were twenty-nine female students in figure control classes at Utah State University. The control group of sixteen subjects exercised in the conventional manner, and the experimental group of thirteen subjects exercised on the weight training machine. Subjects were asked not to change …