In Australia, a variety of
school obesity prevention initiatives have been implemented, including mandatory healthy school canteen guidelines, professional development programmes for teachers, and curriculum - based programmes.
Not exact matches
This includes a $ 37 million pledge to the University of Washington
School of Social work, $ 11 million for scholarships to Washington residents in STEM fields, a $ 50 million pledge to the University of Oregon for scholarships and
obesity prevention, and about $ 60 million to Harvard's computer science facility.
Your donation will go towards helping Cooking With Gabby provide nutrition education and
obesity prevention programs in Los Angeles
schools.
Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids (HDHK) is a highly effective, enjoyable 9 - session father - child programme focused on
obesity prevention, for
schools and other settings.
The Breakfast Initiative, which concluded in 2014, focused on a healthy
school breakfast by evaluating its impact on several measures, including
obesity prevention.
The contributions will benefit such things as services and education regarding
obesity, mental health, STDs, bullying, pregnancy
prevention and drug abuse, and efforts to keep students in
school and seniors in their homes.
The researchers examined respondents» deference to science on a scale of 0 - 10 when it came to 14 policy issues, including child vaccinations, stem cell research, global warming, child
obesity and diet, AIDS
prevention, birth control education, legalizing drug use, gun control, regulation of nuclear power, animal testing, and teaching evolution in
schools.
The Endocrine Society supports the implementation of policies that sustain a
prevention care team that includes medical personnel, family,
schools, and the community, to combat pediatric
obesity.
Healthy eating policies In order to address the reduction and
prevention of childhood
obesity,
schools need to develop healthy eating policies that don't just sit on a shelf but that are implemented in every day
school life.
N. Nathan, L. Wolfenden, C. M. Williams, S. L. Yoong, C. Lecathelinais, A. C. Bell, R. Wyse, R. Sutherland, J. Wiggers; Adoption of
obesity prevention policies and practices by Australian primary
schools: 2006 to 2013.
The report Adoption of
obesity prevention policies and practices by Australian primary
schools: 2006 to 2013, published in 2015, looked at the extent to which
schools have adopted
obesity prevention policies and practices.
Think tank 2020health's latest report on
obesity, which looks at
prevention measures around the world, has shown that
school - based measures must be complimented by other local policies to be most effective.
Teacher experiences of delivering an
obesity prevention programme (The WAVES study intervention) in a primary
school setting
With local data,
schools can inform parents and mobilize community
obesity prevention efforts.
These fact sheets share research demonstrating the role that the
School Breakfast Program and National
School Lunch Program play in supporting
obesity prevention, overall student health and academic achievement.
The purpose of this work was to examine the effects of a multicomponent,
School Nutrition Policy Initiative on the
prevention of overweight (85.0 th to 94.9 th percentile) and
obesity (> 95.0 th percentile) among children in grades 4 through 6 over a 2 - year period.
Effective multi-level, multi-sector,
school - based
obesity prevention programming improves weight, blood pressure and academic performance, especially among low - income, minority children
Design A cohort study was performed with 201 high
school girls recruited to participate in an evaluation study of a
school - based
obesity prevention physical education program.
A cohort study was performed with 201 high
school girls recruited to participate in an evaluation study of a
school - based
obesity prevention physical education program.