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Werner, Russell T. – Journal of School Health, 1976
This article reviews four strategies employed to remediate obesity: diet restriction, use of drugs, surgical treatment, and behavior modification. The conclusion is reached that behavior modification is the most effective strategy. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Body Image, Body Weight, Nutrition Instruction
Harris, Mary B. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1983
The importance of educating students about obesity is stressed. Desirable instructional goals include: (1) providing accurate information about obesity; (2) preventing obesity (if possible); (3) treating it; and (4) making students aware that much of the prejudice against fat people is irrational. (PP)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Eating Habits, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bale, David B.; And Others – Physical Educator, 1994
Reports a study that tracked the fatness of elementary students over two years using current fitness test standards, assessing the athletic competence of obese and nonobese children. Children who were obese at the beginning of the study were likely to remain so. The study's findings regarding athletic competence were equivocal. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Grade 5, Grade 6, Health Related Fitness
Silverthorn, Kathryn H.; Hornak, James E. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
Six adults with Prader Willi syndrome who participated in a six-month walking program showed significant differences in resting heart rate, aerobic capacity, body fat percentage, and weight loss, compared to a control group of five nonparticipants. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Aerobics, Body Composition, Body Weight
Vogel, Paul R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Current studies suggest that children today are less physically fit, are more obese, and have less healthy cardiovascular systems than their peers of 10 years ago. Obesity affects more than fitness; it is a major health problem. Physical education specialists, teachers, administrators, parents, and business leaders can cooperate to change this…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Child Health, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Melville, D. Scott; Cardinal, Bradley J. – Physical Educator, 1997
Investigated whether being a good model of physical activity and fitness would influence employability within the physical education (PE) profession. Surveys of individuals who hired PE teachers indicated that being 10-20 pounds overweight was detrimental when seeking employment as a public school PE teacher during both initial screening and final…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Body Weight, Elementary Secondary Education, Obesity
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Cullen, Bob – Education Next, 2006
Overweight children would not be the first thing a visitor to Grafton, West Virginia, would think of when seeing the small farms that cling to steep hillsides and cultivate the bottomland along the Tygart River as one drives into town. Like most of the state, the landscape around this village nods to pastoral enterprise, suggesting a place where…
Descriptors: Grade 5, State Government, Obesity, Physical Education
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Simpson, Cynthia G.; Swicegood, Philip R.; Gaus, Mark D. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
With the recent rise of childhood obesity, teaching children with developmental disabilities about healthful lifestyle choices has important implications for special educators. Designing instructional interventions for children with developmental disabilities in the areas of nutrition and weight management poses challenges to educators, who must…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Obesity, Nutrition, Developmental Disabilities
Rand, Colleen S.; Stunkard, Albert J. – 1976
This report describes a collaborative study undertaken by 72 psychoanalysts in an effort to (1) collect systematic data about obese patients in psychoanalysis and (2) assess the effect of psychoanalysis in the treatment of obesity. A total of 84 obese and 63 normal weight patients was studied. Each analyst completed a detailed questionnaire on his…
Descriptors: Body Image, Dietetics, Eating Habits, Exercise (Physiology)
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Javernick, Ellen – Young Children, 1988
Discusses the problem of overweight and obese preschoolers, particularly those in an academic preschool situation, which traditionally allows children to function without specific objectives related to physical fitness. Offers recommendations for integrating a balanced fitness program. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Eating Habits, Health Education, Nutrition
Vermont Department of Education, 2005
This guide is the result of the collaboration between the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets; Vermont Department of Education; and Vermont Department of Health, as required by Act 161 of the 2003 session of the Vermont Legislature. The goal in publishing these guidelines is to provide schools with the most recent information on best practices…
Descriptors: Guidelines, State Standards, Nutrition, Physical Fitness
Adams, Raymond, Ed. – GRC News, 2003
This newsletter highlights the importance of strength training in keeping older adults healthy and fit, explaining how it can forestall declines in strength and muscle mass, along with their attendant negative impact upon other metabolic functions and activities of daily living. Physical inactivity is common throughout the nation. Approximately 11…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Depression (Psychology), Exercise Physiology, Health Promotion
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Ward, Dianne S. – Physical Educator, 1983
School physical education programs can be an invaluable source of information, support, and help for overweight children and adolescents. Such programs can stress the value of exercise and individually designed fitness plans and emphasize nutrition in weight control. Basic elements for designing such programs are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Nutrition Instruction, Obesity
Berg, Frances M. – Obesity & Health, 1994
Presents an update on the Year 2000 objectives for the nation that establish targets in 22 priority areas. The article offers information from a study on exercise by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, reviews Healthy People 2000 data, and lists Year 2000 physical activity and fitness objectives. (SM)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise, Health Behavior
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Morrow, James R., Jr. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
The current state of physical fitness in American youth is unknown. While evidence exists that obesity levels are increasing in children and youth, data on declines in physical fitness measures (i.e., cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal fitness) are lacking. Tracking of physical fitness components has been poorly done. Surveillance of behaviors…
Descriptors: Youth, Physical Activities, Obesity, Children
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