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Childhood Obesity in the Testing Era: What Teachers and Schools Can Do!
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Winter, Suzanne M. – Childhood Education, 2009
In this era of increasing accountability and high-stakes testing in schools, a serious paradox has surfaced. Children are becoming overweight at an alarming rate, and mounting evidence points to a relationship between obesity and poor school performance. Ironically, pressure to improve children's academic achievement has led many schools to adopt…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Nutrition
Promoting the Well-Being of Children
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Burnett, Jeanie – Childhood Education, 2006
According to many studies, childhood obesity is an epidemic. Studies of populations in the United States and Australia highlight the critical need for children to be physically active in order to maintain healthy weight. In this article, the author describes the efforts made by Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) in supporting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Children, Health Promotion
Weighing in on the Issue of Childhood Obesity: An Overweight Child Often Becomes the Target of Discrimination and Ridicule on the Playground. Clearly, the Problems that Overweight Children Encounter Go beyond the Physical
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Lynn-Garbe, Cynthia; Hoot, James L. – Childhood Education, 2004
This article focuses on overweight children and the role that educators (and schools) might play in supporting and reinforcing this unhealthful lifestyle. Included are strategies for promoting more healthful eating and activity habits. The article concludes with a list of resources offering additional help in addressing this growing threat.
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Obesity, Children, Child Health
Bridging the Gaps: Children in a Changing Society.
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Frost, Joe L. – Childhood Education, 2003
Notes societal weaknesses in children's care/education and highlights ways to reach children's hearts and minds. Highlights problems, including childhood obesity, high stakes testing, increasing use of psychiatric drugs for children, exposure to crime and violence, increasing child aggression, and increasing willingness to cheat and lie. Urges…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Drug Use, Ethics
A Burger and Fries: The Dilemma of Childhood Obesity. For Parents Particularly.
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Blasi, MaryJane – Childhood Education, 2003
Discusses reasons childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and the numerous health problems that can result. Suggests parents incorporate physical activity into their family's lifestyle; advocate for daily outdoor recess at school; provide healthful meals; respect their child's appetite; not use food for comfort or as reward; and limit…
Descriptors: Athletics, Child Health, Children, Computer Use