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Angela Denise Munns – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Obesity is an issue that negatively effects the health and wellbeing of children across the U.S. The problem addressed by this study was the increasing percentage of obesity among elementary students in a southeastern school district. Guided by Bandura's social learning theory, the purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Esparza, Mariaelena Bonillas – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Background: Childhood obesity has become an epidemic in America, affecting millions of children from early childhood to adolescence. Childhood obesity rates have tripled in the last three decades (CDC, 2016b). Additionally, the obesity epidemic is reaching our nation's youngest children; it was recently reported that over 20% of 2- to 5-year-old…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Parents, Nutrition, Obesity