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Direct linkDe Pian, Laura – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2012
This paper examines the multiple ways in which health policy relating to obesity, diet and exercise is recontextualised and mediated by teachers and pupils in the context of social class in the UK. Drawing on a case study of a middle-class primary school in central England, the paper documents the complexity of the policy process, its uncertainty,…
Descriptors: Public Health, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Class
Dudley, O.; McManus, B.; Vogels, A.; Whittington, J.; Muscatelli, F. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Introduction: The present study reports cross-cultural comparisons of body mass index (BMI) and growth in Prader-Willi syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with obesity, growth restriction and mild learning disability. Our objectives were to: (1) compare rates of obesity in adults with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) in France, with data…
Descriptors: Obesity, Learning Disabilities, Identification, Foreign Countries
