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(Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2024-04-23)The study reported here is essentially in two parts. The principal part is five published papers, framed by a kappa that shows how they connect within the context of Outdoor Education. The research aims to explore different aspects of outdoor activities ... -
(MDPI AG, 2019-12-27)Obesity, low levels of physical fitness, and unhealthy eating patterns are responsiblefor part of the health problems of adolescents today. The current study aimed at examining theassociation between the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies, 2022-03)Abstract Background: Insufficient sleep is associated with an increased risk of a variety of negative health outcomes and has been shown to adversely affect academic and cognitive function. Despite strong evidence of the deleterious effects of short ...
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(Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS, 2019-11-11)Adolescence is an important developmental period. Young people face many pressures and challenges, including growing academic expectations, changing social relationships with family and peers, and the physical and emotional changes associated with ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies, 2023-11)Background Previous research has shown that learning difficulties usually negatively impact the well-being and self-concept of children in primary school. This is the first Icelandic long-term study to examine the well-being of children with learning ...
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(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018-06-13)Sports performance analysis has been a growing field of study in the last decade. However, the number of studies in handball is small. The aims of this present study were (i) to compare handball game-related statistics by the match outcome (winning and ...
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(MDPI, 2019-11-02)Unhealthy lifestyles, low levels of physical fitness, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) are associated with bad quality of life and the development of a wide range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The current study aimed to evaluate the ...
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(University of Iceland, 2022-03-18)Difficult eating behaviours such as fussy eating are consistently found in young children, and those with neurodevelopmental disorders (ND) such as Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), anxiety, and depression. ...
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(Newman University, 2017-01)This paper will discuss group work as an important part of the work being carried out in Icelandic youth clubs. I will look at this work in a historical context and examine the creation and the history of youth clubs. Ever since youth clubs in ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, 2020-08)Bakgrunnur: Unglingsárin eru tími mikilla breytinga og þroska hvað varðar líkamlegt og andlegt atgervi. Á þessum árum eykst tíðni andlegra kvilla og svefntruflana, sem geta haft alvarlegar afleiðingar fyrir unglinga og fylgt þeim inn í fullorðinsárin. ...
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(OMICS Publishing Group, 2018-12)Background: Hemoglobin transports oxygen in blood yet its concentrations generally decrease with age. The aim of the study was to examine whether hemoglobin is connected with physical function in older age people. Design: Intervention study. Setting: ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2020-06)The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study has informed the development and implementation of policy for children and adolescents for over three decades. The growing recognition that adolescence is a critical period for later health and ...
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(Human Kinetics, 2019-12-01)Introduction: Sleep is often quantified using self-report or actigraphy. Self-report is practical and less technically challenging, but prone to bias. We sought to determine whether these methods have comparable sensitivity to measure longitudinal ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Education, Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies, 2018-04)Background: Very little is known about physical activity (PA) and PA patterns measured with objective methods among children with intellectual disability (ID) or their reasons to take part in PA and sport. Moreover, even less is known about their ...
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(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020-03-19)Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the potential association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and whole-body bone mineral density (BMD) among 16-year-old adolescents and to study the prevalence of 25(OH)D insufficiency, defined ...
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(Háskóli Íslands, Menntavísindasvið, 2020-05)Background Sleep and physical activity are essential functions of human health. According to International recommendations, adolescents should sleep 8-10 hours each night and engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes ...
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(Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS, 2019-11-11)Sleep has been found to be an important factor in adolescents’ mental and physical health. The aim of the present study was to examine trends in sleep difficulty (i.e., difficulty falling asleep more often than once a week) in the Nordic countries among ...
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(Springer Nature, 2018-12)Background and aim Use of ultrasound scans early in pregnancy is increasing, but we have limited knowledge about the actual prevalence, associated decision-making and impact on expectant women/couples in a general population. The aim of this study was ...
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