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Haskins, Ron – Education Next, 2005
Consistent with the intent of the original school-lunch program, created by Congress in 1946 to provide "nutritious agricultural commodities" to children, the major purpose of today's school-lunch program is to ensure that children, especially those from poor and low-income families, have nutritious food at school. Even as contentious and partisan…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Food, Obesity, Child Health
Larsen, Dawn; Murray-Davis, Margaret – Health Educator, 2005
During the last two decades, obesity rates in the United States have escalated dramatically, and intense media coverage of obesity issues has fueled consumer interest in low-carbohydrate diets designed to promote rapid weight loss. The food industry has fostered the assumption that a drop in carbohydrate consumption will translate into a drop in…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Personnel, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Rees, Rob – Primary Science Review, 2004
Food is talked about endlessly in the media, at local, regional, national and indeed global levels. People are always wondering, therefore, about what is "good" or "right" to eat. To look for answers without giving enough consideration to trends and fashions, without thinking of the bigger picture, the implications of what…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Nutrition, Teachers, Food
Oliveira, Victor; Frazao, Elizabeth – US Department of Agriculture, 2009
The mission of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children through age 4 who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, nutrition education, and referrals to health care and other social services.…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Nutrition, Infants, Nutrition Instruction
Speroni, Karen Gabel; Earley, Cynthia; Atherton, Martin – Journal of School Nursing, 2007
After-school programs can be implemented by school nurses to facilitate healthy lifestyle choices in children with the goal of decreasing obesity. Kids Living Fit[TM] (KLF), an after-school program designed by community hospital nurses, was implemented in elementary schools and focused on best lifestyle choices regarding foods consumed and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, School Activities, Intervention
Vail, Kathleen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
Concern over what kids eat-in and out of school has exploded in the past two years. Study after study shows that American children are becoming overweight and obese in dangerously high numbers. This is because of the proliferation of super-sized meals, ubiquitous fast-food restaurants, and less time and fewer options for physical activity are…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Students, Nutrition
Levi, Annette; Chan, Kenny K.; Pence, Dan – Journal of American College Health, 2006
Consumer literature shows that a decision's degree of personal importance and relevance--one's level of involvement in the decision--indicates which type of intervention strategy will be effective in influencing consumers' choices. The authors surveyed 358 college students at a state university in the western United States to test the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Food, Eating Habits, College Students
Indian Health Service (PHS/HSA), Rockville, MD. – 1986
Written for American Indians who have diabetes, this folder explains diabetes and outlines a weight control program and diet. The folder discusses the five things diabetics can do to help control their disease: lose weight, watch the amount and kind of fat eaten, eat more food with fiber, avoid sugar, and avoid alcohol. Charts for foods containing…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, American Indians, Diabetes, Dietetics
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Instructional Materials Center. – 1982
This student guide on nutrition contains activities categorized according to the seven dietary guidelines for Americans developed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture. The seven goals for which activities are provided are (1) to eat a variety of foods (daily nutrition guide, nutrients,…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Drinking, Food, Health Education
Linz, Paul; Lee, Michael; Bell, Loren – US Department of Agriculture, 2005
In September 2003, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) contracted with ALTA Systems to conduct a project with the goal of providing a comprehensive overview of the relationship between poverty, program participation and obesity by conducting an in depth literature review; and convening an expert panel. The…
Descriptors: Poverty, Participation, Obesity, Federal Programs
US Department of Agriculture, 2005
The national nutrition safety net consists of 15 programs that provide millions of low-income Americans access to a healthy and nutritious diet. It has been observed that many low income individuals are both overweight and participants in one or more nutrition assistance programs. This has led some to question whether participation in the…
Descriptors: Participation, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Obesity
Health Educator, 2005
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans [Dietary Guidelines] provides science-based advice to promote health and to reduce risk for major chronic diseases through diet and physical activity. Major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States are related to poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. Some specific diseases linked to poor diet and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Guidelines, Physical Activities, Obesity
Marcus, Susan Archibald – Corwin Press, 2007
The brain gets fed first! That is an important idea that directly relates to the nutrition/cognition connection in schools. As the education community faces the challenges of childhood obesity, malnutrition of the brain, food allergies, disorders of metal metabolism and biochemical imbalances, educators are eager to learn about how to guide…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Obesity
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1994
This fact sheet on blood cholesterol examines the connection between cholesterol and heart disease, lists risk factors for heart disease that can and cannot be controlled, points out who can benefit from lowering blood cholesterol, distinguishes between blood and dietary cholesterol, describes low density lipoprotein and high density lipoprotein…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, At Risk Persons, Children
Vecchiarelli, Stephanie; Takayanagi, Sumiko; Neumann, Charlotte – Journal of School Health, 2006
Poor dietary habits, rising rates of overweight students, and lack of oversight of vending contracts prompted the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to develop and implement 2 of the most comprehensive nutrition policies in the country. The Healthy Beverage Resolution and Obesity Prevention Motion limit the types of and access to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Nutrition, Dietetics, Obesity