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Direct linkPugmire, Ria; Lyons, Antonia C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Fears of an 'obesity epidemic' in New Zealand and elsewhere have led to a growing focus on children's weight, diet and activities. The aim of this research project was to highlight children's voices, stepping back from obesity interventions to explore how health and obesity discourses are taken up by young primary school children. Nine 6 and…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Body Composition, Human Body, Obesity
Thompson, Dee – Science and Children, 2012
There is an overwhelming amount of research and data on childhood nutrition due to drastic increases in childhood obesity (classified as a BMI index greater than the 95th percentile for their height/weight). Obesity amounts have tripled in the last 30 years for children who fall in the age range of the author's students. The effects of childhood…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Self Esteem, Food Service, Methods
Download full textDalais, Lucinda; Abrahams, Zulfa; Steyn, Nelia P.; de Villiers, Anniza; Fourie, Jean M.; Hill, Jillian; Lambert, Estelle V.; Draper, Catherine E. – South African Journal of Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate primary school educators' health status, knowledge, perceptions and behaviour regarding nutrition and physical activity. Thus, nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitudes, behaviour and risk factors for the development of non-communicable diseases of 155 educators were assessed in a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Knowledge Level, Teacher Behavior, Physical Activities
