Physical education programs have been regarded as ineffective at addressing rising obesity rates due to inadequate curriculum and instruction. Experts have called for physical education teachers to change their traditional ...

Physical inactivity and inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables are known risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Cognizant of these well-established risk factors to optimal health, the World Health ...

Because kinesiology is historically linked to physical education, two specific aspects of physical activity-exercise and sport-currently receive primary attention from kinesiologists (Charles, 1994). Consequently, kinesiology ...

The present study examined the effect of learning to read a heritage language on Taiwanese Mandarin-English bilingual children's Chinese and English phonological awareness, Chinese and English oral language proficiency, ...

This study introduces a theoretical framework for play with which to explore notions of human embodiment, drawn from philosophical, theological, and theoretical works on play, ritual, and embodiment. In order to do this, ...

This investigation examined the magnitude and pattern of change in select measures of body size and composition in obese women who were on a high protein-very low calorie diet at two levels of caloric intake for twelve ...