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Power, Thomas G.; Bindler, Ruth C.; Goetz, Summer; Daratha, Kenneth B. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Obesity is a significant health problem among today's youth; however, most school-based prevention programs in this area have had limited success. Focus groups were conducted with seventh- to eighth-grade students, parents, and teachers to provide insight into the development of a comprehensive program for the prevention of adolescent…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activities, Prevention, Focus Groups
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Sobkin, V. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
The research presented in this paper was carried out in 2002 within the framework of the Russian Academy of Education's comprehensive program "The Sociology of Education." This article is based on the materials from a sociological survey of 2,983 students in the seventh, ninth, and eleventh grades of general education schools in Moscow.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Sociology, Comprehensive Programs, Learning Motivation