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Direct linkPetherick, LeAnne – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
Given that the health of the nation is often interpreted in and through the health of the nation's youth, the threat of the "childhood obesity epidemic" garners much attention and it is hardly surprising that physical education has been recruited in the "war on [childhood] obesity". This paper explores how students aged 13-15…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Physical Education, Health Education
