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Direct linkPetherick, LeAnne; Beausoleil, Natalie – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
Epidemiological data construct the population of Newfoundland and Labrador as being one of the most obese populations in Canada. The concern for child and youth health is particularly pertinent within school culture and places teachers in precarious positions where they are being asked to share in shaping healthy lifestyle messages while also…
Descriptors: Females, Elementary School Teachers, Health Behavior, Teaching Methods
Petherick, LeAnne – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
Given that the health of the nation is often interpreted in and through the health of the nation's youth, the threat of the "childhood obesity epidemic" garners much attention and it is hardly surprising that physical education has been recruited in the "war on [childhood] obesity". This paper explores how students aged 13-15…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Physical Education, Health Education
