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Direct linkPowell, Darren – Journal of Education Policy, 2019
In contemporary times, corporate philanthropy is positioned as an effective means to 'solve' a variety of social problems. Childhood obesity is one such 'problem' that has captured the interests of schools, corporations, industry groups and a number of 'not-for-profit' players. In this paper, I critically examine how the private sector uses the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Corporate Support, Private Financial Support, Educational Finance
Burrows, Lisette – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore ways in which children and young people are being positioned as change agents for families through school health promotion initiatives in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach: The paper maps and describes the kinds of policies and initiatives that directly or indirectly regard children as…
Descriptors: Children, Family (Sociological Unit), Health, Change Agents
Bates, Susan – Early Childhood Folio, 2016
In the Hebrew story, King Solomon was asked to decide which of two "harlots" was the mother of an infant. His proposal to divide the baby between them revealed who could recognise the child's best interests. This ancient story has resonance for early childhood education, for although our curriculum holds the wellbeing of children at its…
Descriptors: Child Health, Early Childhood Education, Well Being, Mental Health
Powell, Darren – Global Studies of Childhood, 2018
In contemporary times, organisations across all sectors of society have been encouraged to collaborate and be 'part of the solution' to childhood obesity. This has led to a proliferation of anti-obesity/healthy lifestyles programmes that are funded, devised and implemented by private sector players (e.g. McDonald's, Nestlé) in schools across the…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Programs, Child Health, Corporations
Martin, Rosemarie; Murtagh, Elaine M. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of classroom-based physical activity interventions that integrate academic content and assess the effectiveness of the interventions on physical activity, learning, facilitators of learning, and health outcomes. Method: Six electronic databases (ERIC, PubMed, Google Scholar,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Teaching Methods, Body Composition, Physical Activity Level
Powell, Darren; Fitzpatrick, Katie – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Current concerns about a childhood obesity crisis and children's physical activity levels have combined to justify fitness lessons as a physical education practice in New Zealand primary (elementary) schools. Researchers focused on children's understandings of fitness lessons argue that they construct fitness as a quest for an "ideal"…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Hinckson, Erica A.; Dickinson, Annette; Water, Tineke; Sands, Madeleine; Penman, Lara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In children and youth with disability, the risk of obesity is higher and is associated with lower levels of physical activity, inappropriate eating behaviors, and chronic health conditions. We determined the effectiveness of a program in managing weight, through changes in physical activity and nutrition behaviors in overweight and obese New…
Descriptors: Prevention, Physical Activities, Well Being, Autism
Burrows, Lisette – Sport, Education and Society, 2010
A wide array of health policies and initiatives have emerged in New Zealand recently in an attempt to resurrect a presumed "lost", adventure-loving, physically capable and non-obese Kiwi kid. Chief among these is "Mission-On"--a 67 million dollar package of 10 initiatives designed to explicitly target the eating and exercise…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Health, Obesity, Health Promotion
