NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Shaping a Healthier Generation: Successful State Strategies to Prevent Childhood Obesity
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mulheron, Joyal; Vonasek, Kara – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
Studies show that childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Today, more than 23 million American children--or nearly one in every three--are overweight or obese. If childhood obesity is left unaddressed, a generation of individuals could face health, social, and economic challenges that promise to stress government…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Children, Child Health
Healthy Schools, Healthy Children, Healthy Futures: The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Health through the Schools. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cohen, William S.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
Presents testimony by representatives from several federal agencies and one national organization (W. S. Cohen, C. Levin, P. Vidmar, J. M. McGinnis, L. J. Kolbe, B. J. Nelsen, D. Ravitch, and M. Corry). (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Disease Control, Early Intervention