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Robinson, Virginia; Lear, Julia; Eichner, Nancy – Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, 2006
For more than a decade, researchers, and increasingly the public, have focused on childhood overweight as a personal and public health problem. As the number of children who are overweight has continued to grow, consensus has emerged that schools, as the places where children spend much of their time, have a critical role to play in reversing this…
Descriptors: School Health Services, School Nurses, Health Personnel, Role
Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, 2005
The rapid increase in overweight among children and adolescents is generating widespread concern. On average, rates of overweight for boys and girls remain similar. Some groups of children are more affected by overweight than others. This paper discusses the health consequences of childhood obesity. A list of school interventions for obesity…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Adolescents, Sociocultural Patterns