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354 Measuring Health and Physical Activity in Children and Youth

Thursday, March 19, 2015: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Convention Center: 303
Research: Motor Behavior and Measurement
Intended Audience: Post Secondary Instructor/Faculty
Presider: Elizabeth M. Mullin, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
This session features oral presentations of research studies that explore what metrics are employed to measure the effectiveness of health with respect to physical activity.
Development and Cross-Validation of Prediction Equation of Body-Fatness from NHANES
Junbae Mun, Youngdeok Kim, James L. Farnsworth and Minsoo Kang, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Effects of Multiple Recess Intervention on Attentional Focus in Children
Deborah J. Rhea and Alexander P. Rivchun, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Assessing Physical Activity Levels through Motion Sensors in Exergaming
Zan Gao1, Xingyuan Gao2, Yuanlong Liu2 and Jung Eun Lee1, (1)University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, (2)Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Implementation Facilitators and Barriers of the Presidential Youth Fitness Program
Jeanne M. Barcelona1, Hannah G. Calvert1, Jessica Duncan Cance1, Seraphine Pitt-Barnes2, Jane Wargo3 and Darla M. Castelli1, (1)The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (2)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, (3)Presidential Youth Fitness Program, Dunkirk, MD
Optimal Categorization of the NHANES Function Questionnaire: An Exploratory Study
Minsoo Kang, James L. Farnsworth and Brian G. Ragan, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Who Are Active Teens? Profiling Their After-School Activities, Motivation and Fitness
Haiyong Ding1, Haichun Sun2, Xueping Wu1 and Ang Chen3, (1)Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China, (2)University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, (3)The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Rasch Calibration of the 20-Item NHANES Physical Function Questionnaire
James L. Farnsworth, Brian G. Ragan and Minsoo Kang, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Human Capital Survey Development
Lynne Bryant and Darla M. Castelli, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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