Girls' activity levels and lesson contexts in middle school PE: TAAG baseline
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A study was conducted to assess girls' physical activity in middle school physical education relating to field site, lesson context and location, teacher gender and class composition. This identified the areas where improvement is needed and possible in conduct of physical education including modifying curricular content, allocating additional lesson time to more activity promoting fitness, improving managerial efficiency and increasing teacher promotion of physical activity.
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 2006
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School-level intraclass correlation for physical activity in adolescent girls
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A substudy to estimate the school level intraclass correlation (ICC) for intensity-weighted minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) that was measured using an accelerometer was conducted. The conclusions called for 36 schools in trial for activity in adolescent girls (TAAG) with a minimum participation rate of 80 percent.
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 2004
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Associations of body size and composition with physical activity in adolescent girls
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Study was conducted to examine whether components of body composition (size, fat, mass, an fat-free mass) were related to physical activity. It was concluded that fat mass or fat mass index as well as fat-free mass or fat-free mass index make independent contributions in association with physical activity levels.
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 2006
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