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Bontrager Yoder, Andrea Beth H. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Background. High overweight and obesity prevalence has instigated many programs to improve children's health. Farm to School (F2S) is a grassroots-organized program that seeks to improve children's dietary habits, especially fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, through various educational activities. Long-term goals include reducing obesity…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Promotion, Agricultural Occupations, School Community Programs
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Chang, Mei-Wei; Nitzke, Susan; Brown, Roger; Baumann, Linda – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
Objective: To examine the influence of personal and environmental factors on healthful weight management behaviors mediated through self-efficacy among low-income obese mothers. Design: Cross-sectional design. Setting: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in Wisconsin. Participants: Two hundred eighty-four obese…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Mothers, Low Income, Self Efficacy
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Oppliger, Robert A.; And Others – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1995
In response to a new state rule, the Wisconsin Minimum Weight Project curtails weight cutting among high school wrestlers. The project uses skinfold testing to determine a minimum competitive weight and nutrition education to help the wrestler diet safety. It serves as a model for other states and other sports. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Athletes, Body Weight, Dietetics, High School Students