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Direct linkAnderson, Patricia M.; Butcher, Kristin F.; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
This paper investigates how accountability pressures under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) may affect children's rate of overweight. Schools facing increased pressures to produce academic outcomes may reallocate their efforts in ways that have unintended consequences for children's health. For example, schools may cut back on recess and physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedGance-Cleveland, Bonnie; Bushmiaer, Margo – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
National surveys that have tracked weight and physical activity in the United States for more than 40 years have shown a continuing increase in the number of overweight children and adolescents. Overweight children and adolescents are showing an increase in diseases related to overweight: Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activity Level, School Nurses
