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Puhl, Rebecca; Luedicke, Joerg; King, Kelly M. – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Bullying litigation is an emerging area of law that has increased in response to serious cases of bullying at school. Weight-based bullying is prevalent at school, but no research has examined the use of litigation to address this problem. We assessed public support for litigation approaches to address weight-based bullying at school,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Court Litigation, Body Weight, Obesity
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Alker, Heather J.; Wang, Monica L.; Pbert, Lori; Thorsen, Nancy; Lemon, Stephenie C. – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Healthy, productive employees are an integral part of school health programs. There have been few assessments of work productivity among secondary school staff. This study describes the frequency of 3 common health risk factors--obesity, depressive symptoms, and smoking--and their impact on work productivity in secondary school…
Descriptors: Productivity, School Personnel, At Risk Persons, Obesity
Dunst, Carl J.; Raab, Melinda; Hamby, Deborah W.; Long, Anna Lauren – Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, 2015
The results from a content analysis of coursework required and offered at the 58 North Carolina Community Colleges to obtain an Associate in Applied Sciences Degree in early childhood education are described. The analyses were conducted to determine the likelihood that the courses could include content knowledge or practice on 12 infant and child…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Early Childhood Education, Nutrition, Health
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Danner, Fred W.; Toland, Michael D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
This study assessed how socioeconomic status (SES), race/ethnicity, and birth weight interacted to predict differential patterns of body mass index (BMI) growth among U.S. children born in the early 1990s. Three BMI growth trajectories emerged--one above the 50th percentile across the age range of 5 to 14, one in which children rapidly became…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Race, Ethnicity, Birth
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Kiernan, Michaela; Brown, Susan D.; Schoffman, Danielle E.; Lee, Katherine; King, Abby C.; Taylor, C. Barr; Schleicher, Nina C.; Perri, Michael G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: Although behavioral weight-loss interventions produce short-term weight loss, long-term maintenance remains elusive. This randomized trial examined whether learning a novel set of "stability skills" before losing weight improved long-term weight management. Stability skills were designed to optimize individuals' current…
Descriptors: Females, Obesity, Health Promotion, Behavior Modification
Borgmann, Albert – Educational Technology, 2012
Technology, thought of as the ensemble of utilities and devices and of their impact on our lives, proceeds in steps, each of which seems plausible. This kind of development also encourages the view that technology is value-neutral. It always can be used both for good and ill, and we decide how to use it. The production of food and the development…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology, Information Technology, Innovation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2012
As awareness of the childhood obesity crisis spreads, schools across the country are recognizing the importance of providing higher-quality, more nutritious food, and of re-integrating physical activity back into students' daily routines. With disparate amounts of resources to accomplish this, some schools may be finding it easier than others to…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Nutrition, Wellness, Obesity
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Reilly, Erin; Buskist, Connie; Gross, Michael K. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2012
Childhood obesity in the United States is on the rise and cannot continue to be ignored. Already one-third of children in the United States are overweight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2010a), and it did not take long to get there. Since 1980, the number of overweight children doubled and the number of overweight adolescents…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Eating Habits, Obesity
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Tinning, Richard – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2012
Background: Despite dire predictions of its demise, physical education continues to survive across most countries of the world. Moreover, the form of its survival is remarkably similar across cultures. Why has physical education survived as a cultural practice and why is its form so similar given the marked differences that exist between many…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Cultural Maintenance, Athletics
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Stok, F. Marijn; de Vet, Emely; de Ridder, Denise T. D.; de Wit, John B. F. – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Few studies have investigated the strategies adolescents identify to self-regulate eating behavior. Aiming to address this gap in the literature, the current article describes a bottom-up investigation of strategies adolescents identify for the successful self-regulation of eating behavior. Sixty-two adolescents generated statements about…
Descriptors: Obesity, Adolescents, Health Behavior, Eating Habits
Howell, Octavia – Pew Charitable Trusts, 2018
By many measures, Philadelphia is on an upswing, with a growing population, an influx of new investment, and rising household incomes. Yet at the same time, a significant share of the city's residents are struggling. More than a quarter--about 400,000 people--live below the poverty line, which is about $19,700 a year for an adult with two children…
Descriptors: Poverty, Health, Crime, Access to Education
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Wang, Ye; Willis, Erin – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Objective: To examine whether and to what extent relevant and meaningful discussions of weight loss occurred in the Weight Watchers' online community, and whether and to what extent the online community is designed for fostering such discussions. Methods: A multimethod approach was used here. First, a quantitative content analysis was conducted on…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Dietetics, Obesity, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ackerman, Andrew – Journal of Museum Education, 2016
This article will discuss how museums may serve as community anchors by catalyzing and helping to sustain significant behavioral and attitudinal changes among the public. When museums integrate research, deep community roots and trust, and a museum and arts-based pedagogy, they are uniquely positioned to effect change. The article will review a…
Descriptors: Museums, Case Studies, Child Health, Health Promotion
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Starkoff, Brooke E.; Petosa, Rick L.; Balk, Elizabeth K.; Eneli, Ihuoma U.; Bonny, Andrea E.; Hoffman, Robert P.; Devor, Steven T. – American Journal of Health Education, 2014
Background: The independent association between sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) is such that, regardless of accumulated PA, high amounts of SB are detrimental to health, even in adolescents. Purpose: Our aim was to profile activity patterns in free-living environments and to measure levels of SB and light (LT) and moderate (MOD)…
Descriptors: Obesity, Life Style, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents
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Airhihenbuwa, Collins O.; Ford, Chandra L.; Iwelunmor, Juliet I. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Theories about health behavior are commonly used in public health and often frame problems as ascribed or related to individuals' actions or inaction. This framing suggests that poor health occurs because individuals are unable or unwilling to heed preventive messages or recommended treatment actions. The recent United Nations call for…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Health Promotion, Public Health, Health Behavior
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