Archive for August, 2010

  • Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 2

    Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 2

    The Girl Scouts of the USA offers one type of after-school program that could provide a unique setting to address girls’ physical activity in the absence of boys. Girl Scouts of America is organization dedicated solely to girls, and there are currently approximately 3.7 million […]

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  • Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 1

    Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Part 1

    A large portion of a child or adolescent’s day is typically spent in school, where physical education (PE) and recess periods provide some opportunities for children to participate in physical activity. Nationwide, only 53.6% of youth went to physical education classes on one or more […]

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  • Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Introduction

    Physical Activity in Girl Scout Junior Troop Meetings – Introduction

    Sedentary behavior, including seated television viewing, computer use, and video games (collectively screen time) may be contributing to overweight and obesity (collectively overweight) in comparison to non-sedentary activities (Epstein et al., 2001). Child and adolescent television viewing has been found to be associated with overweight, […]

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  • The Rising Risk of Childhood Type 2 Diabetes

    The Rising Risk of Childhood Type 2 Diabetes

    A disturbing trend is hitting the diabetes world; it’s the fact that more and more children are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The increase of Type 2 diabetes in children and teens is partially due to the fact it is being diagnosed more readily, […]

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