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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. …
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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 …
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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Cawley, John; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 4, pp. 743-755
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations … of obesity among 5th graders. This effect is concentrated among boys; we find evidence that this gender difference is …. This represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and thus offers at least some support …
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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...
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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...
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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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The Infrastructure of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine: Current State, Problems of Development, Ways of Solving the Problems
Kinash Irina P. - In: Business Inform (2013) 1, pp. 174-177
The aim of the article is to reveal the developmental tends of infrastructure of physical culture and sports of Ukraine. The research is dedicated to determine the dynamics of development of its main indices and to define the problems of functioning and ways of their solving. The amount of...
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The Course and Didactic Results of Master's Studies in Physical Education
Krystyna, Buchta - In: Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism 18 (2011) 1, pp. 69-74
Introduction. The aim of the study was to analyse the effect of Physical Education (PE) studies at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport (FPE&S) of the University of Physical Education (UPE) in Warsaw. Material and methods. The study was carried out among the students and graduates of two...
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TEAMWORK EFFECT ON STUDENT’S INVOLVEMENT IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
Pop, Cristiana - In: Marathon 5 (2013) 1, pp. 90-96
Challenging present economic crisis have no doubt reinforced the importance of team work in the workplace. In physical education classes a collective sport is an opportunity to develop the student’s team work capacity. The team spirit is a form of motivation which is sustaining efforts more...
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THE ROLE AND PLACE OF THE TEACHER OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT IN THE CONTEMPORARY ROMANIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
PORFIREANU, Maria-Cristiana - In: Marathon 3 (2011) 2, pp. 207-211
The credo of the physical education teacher is the grow of generations of healthy students, socially integrated, used with the practice of physical exercise during their free time, capable to develop efficient activities within the school and outside it. The notion of role is strongly connected...
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