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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"school wellness"”.
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An Examination of Local School Wellness Policies in Virginia
… and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 required school divisions participating in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs to adopt local school wellness policies (LWP) by the fall of 2006. The local school wellness policies were to include guidelines for nutrition education, physical …
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Moving Forward with Purpose: Increasing Physical Activity for School Wellness
… (PA) or movement embedded into elementary school education offers both mental and physical health benefits for students. This paper will look at the important role physical activity plays in the overall physical, emotional, and academic well-being of students and make an argument for why …
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Creating Healthy Schools: An Analysis of the Federal School Wellness Mandate
… government mandated in 2004 that all public school districts adopt a local school wellness policy that incorporates goals to improve the wellness environments of these public schools. Previous research has indicated that the success of these policies is mixed; however, there has been no …
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Program Evaluation of a District’s Elementary School Wellness Curriculum to Improve Undergraduate Training
… study used a mixed-methods approach in a Midwest school district to discover components of undergraduate certifications, current teaching methods, and potential modifications to the curriculum. While all surveyed elementary teachers were licensed to teach the health content, many were not formally …
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Developing a Survey to Measure School Wellness Policy Engagement Among School Administrators, School Staff and Parents
… Act of 2004. This act required all school districts participating in the Healthy School Lunch or Breakfast Program to create and implement a school wellness policy. In 2010 the Healthy, Hunger- Free Kids Act required additional components be added to school wellness policies, such as …
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A Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of Urban Indigenous Youth Within An Intergenerational After-School Wellness Program
… Northern Affairs Canada to implement an after-school program for urban Indigenous youth within an urban centre within Saskatchewan, Canada. Our intent from the outset was to create a connecting space that would allow us, as narrative inquirers, to ethically enter into the community and to …
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School wellness policy strength, nutrition-related behaviors, and weight outcomes among high school students: an ecological study
… Objective: To determine the association between school wellness policy strength, statewide health-related behaviors, and statewide weight outcomes among high school students. Methods: Using an ecological study design, state-level data on overweight and obesity, fruit and vegetable consumption, …
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County of San Mateo Adolescent Report 2014-2015 Youth and Adults Working Together for a Healthy Future
… Planner, my scope of work was within the area of school wellness, ranging from an adolescent report publication to researching breakfast in the classroom models to attending district wellness policy meetings. The San Mateo County Adolescent Report took precedence over most of the school wellness …
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A comparison of Texas not-for-profit private and public middle schools' efforts to promote healthy eating behaviors
… Texas not-for-profit private and public middle schools' efforts to promote healthy eating behaviors. Mail and web surveys were used to obtain data from public school directors of child nutrition and private school principals. Of the 208 surveys that were returned, 198 were summarized and …
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Childhood Obesity and School-Based Interventions: An Evidence-Based Best Practice Guideline
… of childhood obesity. Research indicates that school-based interventions have the potential to be effective in reducing body mass index and childhood obesity. Increasing physical activity opportunities, requiring nutritional education for all students, altering the environment to encourage …
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Analysis of Food and Beverage Marketing in the Public School Setting
… marketing in elementary, middle, and high schools in the Washoe County School District. Site visits were conducted at 19 schools including 12 elementary, 4 middle, and 3 high schools in 2010. During these site visits, two investigators observed nine different areas of the school …
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Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention in California: Focus on Research, Policy, and Coalition Building
… to combat chronic disease and promote health and wellness. This report summarizes the author’s 316 hours of fieldwork at PHI—the culminating experience of the University of San Francisco Master of Public Health Program, during which the student synthesizes and applies the knowledge and skills …
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Eliminating Food Noise: Using Anthropological Perspectives in an Out-of-the-Box Approach to Changing Schoolchildren’s Eating Choices
… existing methods surrounding healthy-lifestyle school based interventions targeting elementary and lower-middle school children. Although some studies have reported school-based nutrition interventions to be successful, reports of positive outcomes have been variable. Using anthropological …
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Nutritional Comparison of Packed and School Lunches for Elementary Children
… children attend public elementary and secondary schools in the United States each day. Children spend a substantial portion of their waking hours in school and consume one-third to one-half of their daily calories there, making schools a promising site to influence dietary quality and potentially …
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Case Studies of Three Schools Exemplifying Wellness and Lifetime Fitness Models
… Despite awareness and advocacy for benefits of wellness practices, sedentary lifestyles and worsening nutritional practices are contributing to early signs of heart disease, diabetes, and an epidemic of obesity in school-aged children. Meanwhile, physical education, historically one of the most …
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The role of physical education within a comprehensive school health promotion climate
… have responded by issuing recommendations for schools to promote healthy eating and physical activity, with the goal of attenuating the rise in obesity. Although many interventions have been conducted to elicit positive outcomes in children’s health behavior, there is limited research related …