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Direct linkMartin, Laurie; Milot, Alyssa – Child Trends, 2007
This brief discusses diet, exercise, body image, and weight and also provides information for practitioners on how to measure these factors among youth in their program. It summarizes (1) what it means to be overweight; (2) what are body image and eating disorders; (3) what to do if you suspect that someone in your program is suffering from an…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Adolescents, Dietetics, After School Programs
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Download full textLindsay, Ana C.; Sussner, Katarina M.; Kim, Juhee; Gortmaker, Steven – Future of Children, 2006
As researchers continue to analyze the role of parenting both in the development of childhood overweight and in obesity prevention, studies of child nutrition and growth are detailing the ways in which parents affect their children's development of food- and activity-related behaviors. Ana Lindsay, Katarina Sussner, Juhee Kim, and Steven Gortmaker…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Parent Influence, Prevention, Obesity
Mello, Robin – 1992
This workbook helps adolescents learn how to take charge of their own lives and happiness. The underlying idea is to teach them how to live responsibly. By learning to live responsibly, adolescents have the best chance of avoiding drugs, alcohol, and other addictive behaviors such as overeating and overspending. The workbook explains the steps to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autobiographies, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Capuzzi, David, Ed.; Gross, Douglas R., Ed. – 1996
This monograph outlines early prevention efforts that can decrease the development of destructive behaviors in at-risk youth. The text provides those who work with young people the information they need to identify individuals with the highest potential for "at-riskness." Such care givers also need to understand the causal factors for at-risk…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Delinquency
Peterson, Jean Sunde; Espeland, Pamela, Ed. – 1993
Written to meet the affective need of adolescent students to share their feelings and concerns with supportive listeners, this document contains 50 guided discussions on various topics relating to three focus areas: the self, the self and others, and stress. Under the focus of the self topics include: personal strengths and limitations; behind the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems
Phillips, Lynn – 1998
This report reviews current statistics on the state of girls' lives in the United States at the end of the 20th century. Six chapters cover: (1) "Framing Gender, Identity, and Adolescence" (trends in research on adolescent girls, exploring identities, how girls are doing, and conditions that support or hinder girls' healthy sense of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Health Care, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Development
