Associations Between Weight Perception and Weight Status With Perceptions of the Body Positivity Movement.

Purpose: To explore the relationships between weight status, weight perceptions, and perceptions of the body positivity movement on social media.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Online through the Qualtrics platform.

Physical Activity, Sleep, and Screen Time in Children and Adolescents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of the 2019-2020 National Survey of Children's Health.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether engagement in health behaviors changed from pre-pandemic (2019) to during the pandemic (2020).

Methods: The combined 2019-2020 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) was used to inform this study. The NSCH is an annual survey designed to provide national estimates of key indicators of childhood health and well-being.

Understanding Health Behaviors, Weight Perceptions, and Body Appreciation of Young Adult Women Engaged in the Body Positivity Movement.

Background: The body positivity movement on social media is thought to foster body appreciation, but pervasive societal concern persists about the body positivity movement and the body image, health behaviors, and "normalization of obesity" of young adult women.

Purpose: This study explored the relationship between engagement in the body positivity movement on social media and weight status, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and the health behaviors of intuitive eating and physical activity in young adult women (18-35 years).

Methods: Participants (N = 521; ∼64% engaged in body positivity content on social media) were recruited using Qualtrics online panels for this cross-sectional survey during February 2021.

Physical Activity, Sports Participation, and Psychosocial Health in Adolescents With Hearing Loss.

Purpose: This study examined the association between hearing status (i.e., adolescents with and without hearing loss) and physical activity and sports participation.

Perception of moderate-intensity physical activity by onset of obesity: A randomized crossover trial.

Moderate-intensity physical activity is recommended for inactive adults with overweight/obesity (OW/OB). The objective of this study is to determine if differences exist in the selection of moderate intensity between inactive adults with juvenile-onset (JO) and adult-onset (AO) OW/OB. Participants (JO = 18, AO = 20) were stratified by onset and completed two separate 20-minute moderate-intensity exercise sessions on a treadmill and cycle ergometer (randomized order).

Changes in Health Behaviors Associated With Weight Gain by Weight Classification During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Purpose: To determine whether perceived changes (i.e. perception of engagement during the pandemic relative to pre-pandemic) in specific health behaviors differ by weight status (i.

Physical activity participation, flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity.

Background: Adolescents with obesity are less likely to flourish and be academically engaged in comparison to their healthy weight peers. However, it is unknown how participation in physical activity influences flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity. The current study examined engagement in varying levels of physical activity and the likelihood of flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents with obesity.

Differences in health behaviors related to overweight/obesity by race/ethnicity in a diverse urban commuter college.

To examine health behaviors associated with overweight/obesity by race/ethnicity at a diverse urban college. 270 undergraduates (77.0% female; 26.

Household Support for Physical Activity in Adolescent Girls Living in Primarily Low Socioeconomic Status Neighborhoods.

The purpose of this study was to examine the association between perception of household support and physical activity levels of adolescent girls living in primarily low socioeconomic status (SES) neighborhoods. The sample consisted of thirty-six adolescent girls (N=36; 60% non-Hispanic Black; mean age of 14.6 ± 1.

Bullying Perpetration and Victimization among Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity in a Nationally Representative Sample.

Adolescents with obesity are more likely to experience bullying in comparison to their healthy weight peers. However, it is unclear whether adolescents with obesity are more likely to perpetuate bullying or be both, a bully perpetrator and a bully victim. The purpose of this analysis was to examine differences in bully perpetration, victimization, and both (perpetration and victimization) by BMI classification in a nationally representative sample of adolescents.

Flourishing and academic engagement among adolescents with overweight and obesity.

Background: Overweight and obesity in adolescence are associated with several negative health indicators; the association with flourishing, an indicator of overall well-being, is less clear.

Objectives: To examine associations between weight status and indicators of flourishing and academic engagement in adolescents.

Subjects: Analyses included 22,078 adolescents (10-17 years) from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health.

Reducing Sedentary Behavior Versus Increasing Moderate-to-Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity in Older Adults.

Objective: To compare the effects of behavioral interventions targeting decreased sedentary behavior versus increased moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) in older adults.

Method: Inactive older adults ( N = 38, 68 ± 7 years old, 71% female) were randomized to 12-week interventions targeting decreased sedentary behavior ( Sit Less) or increased MVPA ( Get Active). The SenseWear armband was used to objectively assess activity in real time.