scholarly journals Relationships among Weight Perception, Exercise Behaviors and Physical Fitness in Korean Elementary School Children

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5S) ◽  
pp. 321
Author(s):  
Woong-Hee Lee ◽  
Sun-Young Lim ◽  
Ah-Reum Jung ◽  
Jin-Hee Lee ◽  
Yoon-Hee Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Weight Perception ◽  
Exercise Behaviors

Effects of Yong Mu Do training on Body composition and Physical fitness and Balance in Elementary school children

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 1019-1030
Author(s):  
Jeong Min Park ◽  
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Gyeong Rae Kim ◽  
Tae Hyeong Kwon ◽  
Min Cheol Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children

scholarly journals Development of educational programs through comprehensive learning aimed at improving the health and physical fitness of elementary school students

Impact ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
Isao Kambayashi
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
School Students ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Quality Sleep ◽  
Good Nutrition

Technological advances and innovations have inadvertently promoted a more sedentary lifestyle. Lifestyles of this kind tend to involve a lack of good quality sleep and poor nutrition. This is a particularly worrisome trend in children and it is important to encourage an active lifestyle and good nutrition among this generation and instill them with positive habits. Indeed, research has found that more and more Japanese children are waking with a low basal body temperature, which can be associated with poor physical fitness. Professor Isao Kambayashi, Hokkaido University of Education (HUE), Japan, and Koji Sugo, Sapporo Elementary School, Japan, which is affiliated with HUE, are looking into the extent of the issue and what can be done to improve it, with a focus on better education. At present, little time is dedicated to the health education of elementary school children, which is not helping the situation. As such, Kambayashi and Sugo are surveying students in order to establish a better understanding of the situation and they will implement an educational programme designed to improve the health and fitness of elementary school children. The idea is that implementing the educational programme will improve the fitness levels of children as well as improving their nutrition, resulting in improved lifestyles overall. Ultimately, this should have a widespread positive impact, curbing rising sedentary lifestyles and increasing levels of obesity, with the potential for similar programmes to be introduced throughout Japan and, indeed, the world.

Effects of 8-Week FIFA 11+ for Kids Intervention on Physical Fitness and Attention in Elementary School Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Wen-Yen Tseng ◽  
Ghazi Rekik ◽  
Chia-Hui Chen ◽  
Filipe M. Clemente ◽  
Pedro Bezerra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Exercise Intervention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Fitness Tests ◽  
General Physical ◽  
Study Participants

Background: The psychological and physiological adaptations in response to the FIFA 11+ for kids (FIFA11+kid) program has not been examined in school children. This study aimed to investigate the effects of 8-week FIFA11+kid intervention on physical fitness and attentional capacity in elementary school children. Methods: A total of 55 elementary school students voluntarily participated in the study. Participants were assigned to either the FIFA11+kid (n = 28, 5 times per week) or the control (n = 27) group. At baseline and after 8 weeks, all participants were asked to perform a battery of physical fitness tests (sit-and-reach, broad jump, sit-up test, and 800-m run) and the Attention Scale for Elementary School Children, including 5 subscales: focused, sustained, selective, alternating, and divided attentions. Results: The FIFA11+kid group demonstrated larger pre–post change in sit-and-reach (P < .001) and sit-up test (P < .001) than that of control group. Moreover, the FIFA11+kid group demonstrated large improvements pre–post change in Attention Scale for Elementary School Children scores of total score (P < .001), focused (P < .001), sustained (P < .001), and selective attentions (P < .001) compared with the control group. Conclusion: A total of 8 weeks of FIFA11+kid exercise intervention can improve general physical fitness and attentional capacities in elementary school children.

PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

1980 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
GARY W. GUYOT ◽  
LOUIS FAIRCHILD ◽  
MARY HILL
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
School Children ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Embedded Figures Test ◽  
Embedded Figures

Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement in Elementary School Children

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandi M. Eveland-Sayers ◽  
Richard S. Farley ◽  
Dana K. Fuller ◽  
Don W. Morgan ◽  
Jennifer L. Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Mathematics Scores ◽  
Study Support ◽  
And Mathematics

Background:The benefits of physical fitness are widely acknowledged and extend across many domains of wellness. The association between fitness and academic achievement, however, remains to be clarified, especially in young children. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fitness and academic achievement in elementary school children.Methods:Data were collected from 134 third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade children. One-mile run time, body mass index, curl-up, and sit-and-reach data were collected from physical education instructors in Middle Tennessee. The percentage of questions answered correctly for the mathematics and reading/language arts sections of the Terra-Nova achievement test was taken as a measure of academic achievement.Results:A negative association (P < .01) was noted between 1-mile run times and mathematics scores (r = –.28), whereas a positive relationship (P < .05) was observed between muscular fitness and mathematics scores (r = .20). Relative to sex differences, inverse relationships (P < .05) were observed between 1-mile run times and reading/language arts and mathematics scores in girls (r = –.31 and –.36, respectively), but no significant associations were evident in boys.Conclusions:Results from this study support a link between specific components of physical fitness and academic achievement in elementary school children.

Physical Fitness and Academic Achievement in Elementary School Children

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandi M. Eveland-Sayers ◽  
Richard S. Farley ◽  
Dana K. Fuller ◽  
Don W. Morgan ◽  
Jennifer L. Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children
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