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BACKGROUND
Internationally 18% of youth are obese. Fitness testing can be used to establish fitness surveillance, which can inform policy and targeted interventions aimed at addressing obesity. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and low fitness in Idaho school‐aged youth through a pilot study.
METHODS
A convenience sample of 13 teachers from 11 north...
The objective of this study was to investigate how the gender and school level factors relate to disruptive behaviors during physical education (PE) classes in Tunisian schools. The study sample consisted of 632 Tunisian students aged 12−19 years, with 43.2% of them being boys and 56.8% girls. Among the participants, 64.9% were middle school students, while 33.1% were secondary school students. Self‐reported...