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| Title | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
Study Shows Overwhelming Parent Support for Healthier Schools Survey for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation finds most parents willing to help schools improve food offerings and increase physical activity. | News releases | 10/28/2009 |
Poll Shows Strong Parent Support for Healthier Schools The survey signals the breadth of parents' support for changes to make schools healthier places, and their willingness to help make changes happen. | Stories and articles | 10/28/2009 |
New Evidence Strengthens Case for Increasing School-based Physical Activity Kids who are active and fit tend to perform better in the classroom. | Issue and policy briefs, Reports | 09/25/2009 |
Adolescent Obesity: Towards Evidence-Based Policy and Environment Solutions This supplement of the Journal of Adolescent Health presents research documenting trends towards healthier foods and more physical activity in schools. The authors acknowledge that a wide range of factors influence obesity's development, but policy and... Published In: Journal of Adolescent Health (Suppplement) | Journal articles | 09/16/2009 |
To What Extent Have High Schools in California Been Able to Implement State-Mandated Nutrition Standards? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invests in research aimed at reducing childhood obesity. This study, part of a supplement of childhood obesity-related literature, assessed compliance with California Senate Bills 12 and 965 that created strict school nutrition... Published In: Journal of Adolescent Health (Supplement) | Journal articles | 09/04/2009 |
School Physical Activity Environment Related to Student Obesity and Activity The Institute of Medicine recommends that children expend 50 percent of their daily energy while in school. This study investigated associations between physical education requirements, physical activity, and body weight using a nationally representative sample of... Published In: Journal of Adolescent Health (Supplement) | Journal articles | 09/04/2009 |
The School Food Environment and Student Body Mass Index and Food Consumption The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invests in research aimed at halting the rise in childhood obesity. This article examined whether changes in the availability of unhealthy foods accompanied important school health initiatives from 2004-2007. Published In: Journal of Adolescent Health (Supplement) | Journal articles | 09/04/2009 |
The Role of Culture in the Context of School-Based BMI Screening Multiple studies have shown that parents of overweight or obese children often fail to correctly perceive their children as overweight. In this article, possible reasons for, and implications of, this misperception of child weight... Published In: Pediatrics (Supplement) | Journal articles | 09/01/2009 |
Surveillance, Screening, and Reporting Children's BMI in a School-Based Setting Federal and state government officials who seek to determine the scope of the childhood and adolescent obesity problem are using a spectrum of tools that include reporting, screening and surveillance initiatives. Published In: Pediatrics (Supplement) | Journal articles | 09/01/2009 |
Arkansas' Experience: Statewide Surveillance and Parental Information on the Child Obesity Epidemic Through a groundbreaking legislative mandate that requires body mass index (BMI) assessments in public schools, Arkansas has achieved both enhanced awareness among parents and their children and increased engagement by school, clinical,... Published In: Pediatrics (Supplement) | Journal articles | 09/01/2009 |
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