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Atsuko Nakagawa; Masune Sukigara; Kayo Nomura; Yukiyo Nagai; Taishi Miyachi – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Objective: In preterm and very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, attention-related problems have been found to be more pronounced and emerge later as academic difficulties that may persist into school age. In response, based on three attention networks: alerting, orienting, and executive attention, we examined the development of attention functions…
Descriptors: Attention, Young Children, Body Weight, Executive Function
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Deb Hinchey; Bernice Garnett; Janet Gamble; Lizzy Pope – Health Education, 2025
Purpose: Teaching about nutrition is a crucial component of high school health education, with the potential to shape students' perceptions about food, weight and bodies and improve health outcomes. Weight-inclusive approaches have demonstrated success in improving body acceptance, decreasing dieting behaviors and anti-fat attitudes and improving…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Nutrition Instruction, High School Students, High School Teachers
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Lucine Francis; Jennifer K. Peterson; Alexandra Peary; Erika Estrada-Ibarra; Nancy G. Russell; Krista Schroeder – Journal of School Nursing, 2025
Overweight and obesity are common in school-age children. Policy, system, and environmental (PSE) approaches--which entail making upstream changes to a school's context--can be leveraged to reduce childhood obesity. Nurses can advance PSE approaches in schools to promote healthy living habits. This review examines the effect of nurse-involved PSE…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, School Nurses, Comprehensive School Health Education
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Deborah Hinchey; Bernice Raveche Garnett; Janet Gamble; Lizzy Pope – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: The weight-normative approach to nutrition education dominates health education programming across the United States, despite evidence that this paradigm contributes to negative outcomes including weight cycling, bias and stigma, the development of disordered eating behaviors, and weight-based bullying. Methods: This study investigates…
Descriptors: Body Weight, High School Students, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
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N. M. Papini; S. Lee; J. Lee; D. Clifford – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Background: Given the body image and disordered eating struggles prevalent in young adults, weight-inclusive anti-diet programs are needed on college campuses. Such programs replace weight loss advice with changes that center physical and mental well-being. Methods/Program Design: University health and wellness programs such as University Coaching…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Inclusion, Mental Health, Physical Health