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Sports Recreation & Fitness: An Investigation on Nutritional Evaluation in Term of Protein, Minerals and Fat Evaluation among Undergraduate Students in UNITEN
Johar, Mastura; Alias, Rosima; Ahmad, Azmi - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 4 (2014) 2, pp. 140-144
will not only contribute to rising obesity rates, but it also directly contributes to the risk of several physical and … evaluation and obesity diagnosis among sedentary undergraduate students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070975
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The effect of early universal daycare on child weight problems : conference paper
Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014 - Preliminary version
As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child’s long term development. Based on the German national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484381
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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - 2012
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287618
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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David E.; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations …-2004. Results from IV models indicate that PE lowers BMI z-score and reduces the probability of obesity among 5th graders (in … represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959837
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The Effect of Early Universal Daycare on Child Weight Problems
Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014
As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child's long term development. Based on the German national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010396874
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The Effect of Early Universal Daycare on Child Weight Problems
Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014
As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child’s long term development. Based on the German national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011164191
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Exploring the impact of top management team composition on player selection in Major League Baseball
Dixon, Jess C - 2007
Originally conceptualized by Hambrick and Mason (1984), the upper echelons perspective (UEP) has become a dominant theme in the study of strategic decision making across a great number of disciplines. Over the past two decades, the work of these authors has been cited in over 500 refereed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467821
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For Better or Worse? The Effects of Physical Education on Child Development
Knaus, Michael C.; Lechner, Michael; Reimers, Anne K. - 2018
This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and identifies the effect by using variation in the required...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816540
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For better or worse? : the effects of physical education on child development
Knaus, Michael C.; Lechner, Michael; Reimers, Anne - 2018
This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and identifies the effect by using variation in the required...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785803
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Student’s Satisfaction - An Indicator of Quality in Physical Education
POP, Cristiana - In: Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - … 6 (2014) 1, pp. 83-92
A quality social service is one which fulfils a set of demands and rules according to a standard and especially according to the internal and external client’s expectations. Reaching these goals implies a new relationship between the service provider and the beneficiary as well. As a...
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