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Craighead, Linda W.; Agras, W. Stewart – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Summarizes data pertaining to separate and combined effects of cognitive-behavioral and psychopharmacologic treatments for obesity and bulimia nervosa. Anorexiant medication appears to enhance restraint and facilitates weight loss with behavioral interventions in the treatment of obesity, but relapse occurs once medication is withdrawn.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Bulimia, Cognitive Restructuring

Surmann, Amy T. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1997
Examines the potential interactive effects of target race (African American/Caucasian), weight (overweight/nonoverweight), and gender (female/male) on American Caucasian students' ratings of writing competency. Reports differences in evaluation ratings based on the gender of the evaluator, the weight of the author, and the gender of the author.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Higher Education, Obesity, Racial Bias

Tucker, Larry A.; Clegg, Alan G. – American Journal of Health Promotion, 2002
Examined the relationship between lifestyle-related health risks and health care costs and utilization among young adults. Data collected at a primarily white collar worksite in over 2 years indicated that health risks, particularly obesity, stress, and general lifestyle, were significant predictors of health care costs and utilization among these…
Descriptors: Employees, Health Behavior, Health Care Costs, Life Style
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
Kamiya, Artie – Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 2005
In 2004, the Wake County Public School System (North Carolina) received $1.3 million as one of 237 national winners of the $70 million federal Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) Grant competition. The PEP Grant program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and provides monies to school districts able to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Hlaing, Way Way; Nath, Subrata D.; Huffman, Fatma G. – American Journal of Health Education, 2007
Although studies regarding health issues and the obesity epidemic have increased in recent years, few of these studies target college-aged students. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the differences in race/ethnicity with respect to prevalence of overweight/obesity (defined by body mass index or BMI) among college students…
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnicity, Obesity, Body Composition
Nelson, Toben F.; Gortmaker, Steven L.; Subramanian, S. V.; Cheung, Lilian; Wechsler, Henry – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2007
Objectives: To examine social disparities and behavioral correlates of overweight and obesity over time among college students. Methods: Multilevel analyses of BMI, physical activity, and television viewing from 2 representative surveys of US college students (n=24,613). Results: Overweight and obesity increased over time and were higher among…
Descriptors: College Students, Television Viewing, Obesity, Physical Activities
Green, Gregory; Reese, Shirley A. – Education, 2006
The greatest health risk facing children today is obesity. The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has risen dramatically in the past several decades. Because children on the average spend up to five or six hours a day involved in sedentary activities, including excessive time watching television, using the computer and playing…
Descriptors: Video Games, Physical Education, Group Counseling, Children
Kubik, Martha Y.; Fulkerson, Jayne A.; Story, Mary; Rieland, Gayle – Journal of School Health, 2006
School-based body mass index (BMI) screening and parent notification programs have been recommended as a childhood overweight prevention strategy. However, there are little empirical data available to guide decision making about the acceptability and safety of programs. A pilot study was conducted using a quasiexperimental research design. In fall…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Parent Attitudes, Parents, Elementary School Students
Budd, Geraldine M.; Volpe, Stella L. – Journal of School Health, 2006
Childhood overweight is one of the most serious problems currently affecting individual and public health. Schools represent a logical site for prevention because children spend 6-8 hours a day there during most of the year. Although reports of school-based overweight or obesity prevention programs exist, there are no summaries specifying which…
Descriptors: School Activities, Prevention, Educational Environment, Public Health
Mason, Maryann; Meleedy-Rey, Patricia; Christoffel, Katherine Kaufer; Longjohn, Matt; Garcia, Myrna P.; Ashlaw, Catherine – Journal of School Health, 2006
This article reports the first estimates of overweight prevalence in Chicago children entering school (aged 3-5 years). Chicago data are compared with those from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS). Data were from 2 separate convenience samples of children aged 3-5 years…
Descriptors: Incidence, Child Health, Obesity, Health Needs
Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2006
A new report concludes that, judging by most indicators of well-being, life has improved over the past 10 years for the nation's children--except when it comes to their education and health. According to the Foundation for Child Development's "2006 Child Well-Being Index" released last week, children's educational achievement levels largely…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Child Development, Academic Achievement, Health
Tsou, Meng-Wen; Liu, Jin-Tan – Education Economics, 2006
This paper sets out to examine the impacts of schooling and health knowledge on the level of obesity in Taiwan. The results obtained from a sample of Taiwanese females support the hypothesis of Grossman that schooling has a direct positive effect on health by reducing the likelihood of a person being obese. The awareness of obesity-disease…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Obesity, Health Behavior
Sallis, James F.; Glanz, Karen – Future of Children, 2006
Over the past forty years various changes in the U.S. "built environment" have promoted sedentary lifestyles and less healthful diets. James Sallis and Karen Glanz investigate whether these changes have had a direct effect on childhood obesity and whether improvements to encourage more physical activity and more healthful diets are likely to lower…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Obesity, Physical Activities, Nutrition
Chmelynski, Carol – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
Pressures to improve test scores and avoid lawsuits are causing many schools to cut back play time. According to the American Association for the Child's Right to play, nearly 40% of the nation's 16,000 school districts have either modified, deleted, or are considering deleting recess. Moreover, where playtime does still exist, it has become…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Control, Cues, Physical Development