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What is Lifestyle Physical Activity

Chapter 20
Handbook of Research on Global Issues in Next-Generation Teacher Education
Consists of activities such as walking, climbing stairs, doing chores, and playing with siblings ( Fahey, Instel, & Roth 2002 ).
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Promoting Culturally Sensitive Strategies to Enhance Physical Education among Immigrant and Refugee Youth
Jerono P. Rotich (North Carolina A&T State University, USA) and Tiffany Fuller (North Carolina A&T State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9948-9.ch020
Abstract
Given the prevalence of overweight and obesity among immigrant and refugee children and youth in America, there is a growing need for physical education, physical activity and sports professionals to incorporate culturally and socially responsive strategies into their programs and activities According to Ike-Chinaka (2013), obesity has been identified as a chronic disease that emerges among immigrant populations after they settled in the United States of America. This chapter will focus on the challenges of newly arrived immigrants and refugee youth, and determinants of participation in physical activity and sports. Additionally, the chapter offers some culturally and socially sensitive tips and strategies that professionals in physical education, physical activity and sports can incorporate into their programs and activities so as to increase the participation among newly arrived immigrants and refugee youth.
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