Educating Students about Obesity: An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Cure, and a Ton of Prejudice.

Harris, Mary B.

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ERIC Number: EJ283367

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Educating Students about Obesity: An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Cure, and a Ton of Prejudice.

Harris, Mary B.

Health Education (Washington D.C.), v14 n4 p44-46 Jul-Aug 1983

The importance of educating students about obesity is stressed. Desirable instructional goals include: (1) providing accurate information about obesity; (2) preventing obesity (if possible); (3) treating it; and (4) making students aware that much of the prejudice against fat people is irrational. (PP)

Descriptors: Body Weight, Eating Habits, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Negative Attitudes, Obesity, Physical Fitness, Prevention, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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