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Direct linkValdez, Maricela – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between physical fitness, body mass index and academic performance in Hispanic children enrolled in grade 5 from a district in the Rio Grande Valley. A total of 547 participants were selected from 11 elementary schools from a school district in the Rio Grande Valley. The…
Descriptors: Children, Physical Fitness, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Schools
Johnston, Craig A.; Moreno, Jennette P.; El-Mubasher, Abeer; Gallagher, Martina; Tyler, Chermaine; Woehler, Deborah – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: This study evaluated a school-based obesity intervention for elementary school children (N = 835) where health professionals assisted teachers with the integration of healthy messages into the school curriculum. Methods: Schools were randomized into a professional-facilitated intervention (PFI; N = 4) or a self-help (SH; N = 3)…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Health Programs, Obesity, Child Health
Download full textHagert, Celia – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2007
In this testimony Celia Hagert, senior policy analyst for the Center for Public Policy Priorities, testifies in support of CSHB 454, which relates to the provision of free lunch and breakfast to all enrolled students in certain school districts and campuses. Houston Independent School District (HISD) started serving free breakfast to all students…
Descriptors: School Districts, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, Costs
Peer reviewedBarroso, Cristina S.; McCullum-Gomez, Christine; Hoelscher, Deanna M.; Kelder, Steven H.; Murray, Nancy G. – Journal of School Health, 2005
School-based programs offer an efficient means of promoting the health of a large number of children. The Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) program was designed to decrease risk factors for chronic disease in elementary school children and includes separate coordinated interventions for child nutrition services, physical education (PE),…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Child Health, Risk, Nutrition
Hormuth, Pamela; Reid, Kristin; Saunders, Janine – 1997
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Texas' African American children. The statistical portrait is based on ten general areas of children's well being: (1) low birth weight babies; (2) prenatal care; (3) infant mortality; (4) child deaths; (5) births to single teens; (6) juvenile violent crime arrest rate; (7)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Hormuth, Pamela – 1998
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Texas' children. The statistical portrait is based on indicators in ten general areas of children's well being: (1) number of low birthweight babies; (2) rate of prenatal care; (3) infant mortality rates; (4) child death rates; (5) number of births to single teens; (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Hormuth, Pamela – 2000
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Texas' children. The statistical portrait is based on 15 indicators of children's well-being: (1) percent low birthweight babies; (2) percent mothers receiving little or no prenatal care; (3) infant mortality rate; (4) child death rate; (5) teen violent death rate; (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
