Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 8 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 15 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 82 |
Descriptor
| Obesity | 90 |
| Nutrition | 34 |
| Child Health | 27 |
| Health Promotion | 25 |
| Children | 21 |
| Eating Habits | 21 |
| Body Composition | 20 |
| Intervention | 19 |
| Physical Activities | 19 |
| Gender Differences | 18 |
| Body Weight | 16 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Tam, Chick F. | 3 |
| Ayala, Guadalupe X. | 2 |
| Calder, Judy, Ed. | 2 |
| Dailey, Lyn, Ed. | 2 |
| Elder, John P. | 2 |
| Evinger, Sara, Ed. | 2 |
| Guralnick, Eva, Ed. | 2 |
| Lew, Polong | 2 |
| Poon, George | 2 |
| Scherr, Rachel E. | 2 |
| Taylor, C. Barr | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 13 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 13 |
| Higher Education | 12 |
| Middle Schools | 7 |
| Early Childhood Education | 5 |
| Grade 5 | 5 |
| Intermediate Grades | 5 |
| Grade 4 | 3 |
| Grade 6 | 3 |
| High Schools | 3 |
| Junior High Schools | 3 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
| Policymakers | 2 |
| Teachers | 2 |
| Administrators | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| California | 90 |
| Texas | 10 |
| New York | 8 |
| Illinois | 7 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 |
| United States | 7 |
| Massachusetts | 6 |
| Louisiana | 5 |
| Ohio | 5 |
| Florida | 4 |
| Georgia | 4 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Youth Risk Behavior Survey | 2 |
| Child Behavior Checklist | 1 |
| Early Childhood Longitudinal… | 1 |
| Self Perception Profile for… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkManwaring, Jamie L.; Bryson, Susan W.; Goldschmidt, Andrea B.; Winzelberg, Andrew J.; Luce, Kristine H.; Cunning, Darby; Wilfley, Denise E.; Taylor, C. Barr – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Unlike traditional interventions, Internet interventions allow for objective tracking and examination of the usage of program components. Student Bodies (SB), an online eating disorder (ED) prevention program, significantly reduced ED attitudes/behaviors in college-aged women with high body image concerns, and reduced the development of EDs in…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Prevention, Eating Disorders, Internet
Download full textRobert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2008
"After School: Connecting Children at Risk With Responsible Adults to Help Reduce Youth Substance Abuse and Other Health-Compromising Behaviors (After School)" helped develop intermediary organizations in Boston, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area in order to create citywide systems of after-school programs. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, After School Programs, Youth Programs, Health Behavior
Vecchiarelli, Stephanie; Takayanagi, Sumiko; Neumann, Charlotte – Journal of School Health, 2006
Poor dietary habits, rising rates of overweight students, and lack of oversight of vending contracts prompted the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to develop and implement 2 of the most comprehensive nutrition policies in the country. The Healthy Beverage Resolution and Obesity Prevention Motion limit the types of and access to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Nutrition, Dietetics, Obesity
Rideout, Victoria – Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007
Over the past few years, media use among children and teens has become more prevalent than ever. With the launch of the iPod, the explosion in instant messaging, the birth of mobile video and YouTube, and the advent of social networking sites like MySpace, young people are rarely out of contact, or out of reach of the media. Meanwhile,…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Violence, Mass Media Effects, Television
Cline, Kyle P.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2005
Childhood and adolescent obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions in the United States and are growing. The sedentary routines found in schools and in the home as well as the overexposure to unhealthy snacks and nonnutritional foods contribute to the pervasiveness of this disease that afflicts America's children. Obese children face…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Adolescents, Health
Peer reviewedRitchie, Lorrene D.; And Others – California Agriculture, 1995
Among 152 low-income Mexican American mothers and 350 children in San Jose (California) and rural Tulare County, about half of mothers and 14% of children were overweight. Nine percent of rural children and 17% of urban children were unusually short. Maternal obesity was related to acculturation factors, whereas child height was related to…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Body Height, Body Weight, Children
Peer reviewedBrown, Kelli McCormack; Akintobi, Tabia Henry; Pitt, Seraphine; Berends, Victoria; McDermott, Robert; Agron, Peggy; Purcell, Amanda – Journal of School Health, 2004
Enactment and enforcement of school nutrition policies represent key components in adolescent overweight and obesity prevention. This study determined: 1) California school board members' attitudes, perceptions, and motivations related to enactment of policies that support healthy eating in schools; and 2) barriers to adopting school policies that…
Descriptors: Child Health, Boards of Education, Obesity, Nutrition
Children Now, 2006
Public opinion polls consistently show a strong, bi-partisan consensus on the need to invest in the nation's kids. Yet even as Americans demand a greater focus on children, public investments are shifting away from them. In California, this is leading to children who are increasingly unhealthy yet lack health insurance, failing in school or unable…
Descriptors: Counties, Social Indicators, Well Being, Child Welfare
Fisher, Allison; Lange, Mary Anne; Young-Cureton, Virginia; Canham, Daryl – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
Very little is known about body satisfaction among minority children. This study examined the relationship between perceived and actual body size and Body Mass Index among 43 low-socioeconomic Hispanic 3rd-graders. Researchers measured participants' Body Mass Index; students self-reported Perceived Ideal Self Image and Perceived Actual Self Image…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Self Concept, Minority Group Children
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Kunitz, Judith Ed.; Lucich, Mardi, Ed.; Walsh, Eileen, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2004
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Young Children
Davis, Lois M.; Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Schultz, Dana J. – RAND Corporation, 2009
The study identifies some of the greatest disparities for boys and men of color relative to their white counterparts across specific socioeconomic, health, safety, and school readiness indicators in California and provides information about different strategies for reducing the disparities--including effective programs, practices, and…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Males, Minority Groups, Racial Bias
Walery, Nancy, Ed.; Evinger, Sara, Ed.; Dailey, Lyn, Ed.; Sherman, Marsha, Ed.; Zamani, Rahman, Ed. – Child Care Health Connections, 2000
This document is comprised of the six 2000 issues of a bimonthly newsletter providing information on young children's health and safety for California's child care professionals. Regular features include a column on infant/toddler concerns, a question-answer column regarding medical and health issues, a nutrition column, and resources for child…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Health, Child Safety
Silver, Michael, Ed.; Zito, Michael, Ed. – Bridges, 2002., 2002
This document is comprised of the one issue in volume 7 of "Bridges," a publication produced by the California Head Start-State Collaboration Office to detail the activities of the educational partnership and to provide relevant information to programs participating in the partnership. The Summer 2002 issue focuses on several topics of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Emergent Literacy
Walery, Nancy, Ed.; Evinger, Sara, Ed.; Dailey, Lyn, Ed.; Zamani, Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed. – Child Care Health Connections, 2001
This document is comprised of the six 2001 issues of a bimonthly newsletter providing information on young children's health and safety for California's child care professionals. Regular features include a column on infant/toddler concerns, a question-answer column regarding medical and health issues, and resources for child care providers.…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Health
Shaw, Frederic E., Ed. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data in the weekly "MMWR" are provisional, based on weekly reports to CDC by state health departments. This issue of "MMWR" contains the following studies: (1) Youth Risk Behavior…
Descriptors: Death, Heart Disorders, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases
