Children's Healthy Weight and the School Environment
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Vol. 615 (1), 38-55
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716207308953
Abstract
As people became aware of the epidemic of childhood obesity, policy makers and public health practitioners called for the schools to change their environments to encourage healthy eating and increased physical activity. This article describes recent policy developments and clarifies what can and cannot be expected of schools based on existing and emerging evidence for prevention of childhood obesity.Keywords
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