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Download full textAnn Chester; Sara Hanks; Summer Kuhn; Floyd Jones; Travis White; Misty Harris; Bethany Hornbeck; Sherron McKendall; Mary McMillion; Cathy Morton; Mallory Slusser; R. Kyle Saunders – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2018
Some STEM outreach programs connect students to real-world problems and challenge them to work towards solutions. Research shows one-third of children between ages 5-17 in the U.S. are overweight. Socioeconomic status, race, and parental educational attainment all influence this issue as well as living in a rural or urban area. A rural high school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Rural Schools, Science Curriculum, Adolescents
Direct linkIce, Christa L.; Neal, William A.; Cottrell, Lesley – Education and Urban Society, 2014
The epidemic of childhood obesity, and its subsequent impact on negative health outcomes, continues to plague the United States. Better health outcomes have been linked to increased child achievement in school. Due to the strong influence parents have on children's healthful behaviors particularly in younger years, it's imperative to examine the…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Health Behavior, Nutrition, Physical Activities
Krummel, Debra; Semmens, Elizabeth; MacBride, Anne M.; Fisher, Brenda – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2010
A pilot was conducted to test the feasibility and compare the effectiveness of a group approach (facilitated group discussions) to that of a self-guided approach (newsletters) to weight management in postpartum women enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (baseline n = 151; final n = 64). Mean group…
Descriptors: Females, Nutrition, Mothers, Obesity
