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ERIC Number: EJ436802
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1055-6699
Promoting Healthy Body Image through the Comprehensive School Health Program.
Collins, M. Elizabeth
Journal of Health Education, v22 n5 p297-302 Sep-Oct 1991
Examines research indicating that children are affected by U.S. society's preoccupation with thinness, discusses self-esteem and healthy body image, and offers suggestions for incorporating strategies into existing comprehensive school health programs to deter disordered eating and inappropriate dieting habits among children. (SM)
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Literature Reviews, Self Esteem
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Comprehensive School Health Program