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Chasing Unachievable Outcomes
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Pangrazi, Robert P. – Quest, 2010
Today, teachers complain about the lack of physical education time and the lack of physical education programming. In addition, a great deal of time is spent advocating the relationship between "healthy mind-healthy body." Today's drive to show a relationship between physical fitness/activity and academic achievement is really not different than…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Relationship
Producing Little Decision Makers and Goal Setters in the Age of the Obesity Crisis
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Gard, Michael – Quest, 2008
It is obviously possible to argue that education is always an arm of social policy. However, there are just as surely degrees of directness between the agendas of noneducational authorities and what happens in school and university classrooms. This article considers what appears to be a direct example of a particular public policy agenda, the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Public Policy, Goal Orientation
Obesity, Health, and Physical Activity: Discourses from the United States
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Zieff, Susan G.; Veri, Maria J. – Quest, 2009
This article examines the obesity, health, and physical activity discourses of the past 35 years in the context of the United States with particular reference to five social sectors: the biomedical domain; the popular media; nonprofit foundations, centers and agencies; various national and multinational corporations; and government at all levels.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Public Health
Living without Dieting: Motivating the Obese to Exercise and to Eat Prudently. The R. Tait McKenzie Memorial Lecture, 1994.
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Foreyt, John P.; Goodrick, G. Ken – Quest, 1995
Reviews a motivational approach for increasing exercise and decreasing fat consumption to reduce body weight in obese individuals. Exercise motivation includes communicating the physiological benefits and self-regulating exercise intensity. Prudent eating motivation includes stopping restrictive dieting, distinguishing between hunger and craving,…
Descriptors: Adults, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Exercise
Understanding Youth Obesity and Media Use: Implications for Future Intervention Programs.
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Clocksin, Brian D.; Watson, Doris L.; Ransdell, Lynda – Quest, 2002
Examines the influence of media use on youth adiposity, dietary habits, and physical activity levels, noting that children and adolescents are increasingly turning to sedentary leisure time activities, which is leading to decreased physical activity levels, increased body mass index, and increased high- energy food intake. Current and future…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education
Images and Influences in the Promotion of Physical Activity
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Overdorf, Virginia – Quest, 2005
This article presents the author's presentation on the 13th Delphine Hanna Commemorative Lecture in 2004. The presentation examines some of the problems and issues that must be addressed in order to promote physical activity in the academy and beyond. While there is no all embracing prescription, the author hopes to offer some suggestions that…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Diseases