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From, Ditte-Marie – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2019
This article addresses the learner perspective on being overweight by listening to 39 Danish overweight children aged 8-13 years. In accordance with the existing critique of the 'obesity epidemic' and medico-scientific discourses around food and exercise, this article explores how new health imperatives shape overweight children's self-narratives.…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Promotion, Health Education, Foreign Countries
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McEvilly, Nollaig; Atencio, Matthew; Verheul, Martine; Jess, Mike – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
This paper provides an overview of selected academic research literature that underpins contemporary preschool physical education. We highlight and interrogate diverse rationales and beliefs that serve to influence and structure preschool physical education in various forms. We speculate as to how preschool practitioners and children might engage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Preschool Education, Psychomotor Skills