| 357 | Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
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| 11:00 AM-12:15 PM | Convention Center:203A |
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| AAHE RCB Oral Presentations: Nutrition, Weight, Fitness & BMI |
| This session will cover college students' nutrition and exercise behaviors, after-school fitness and nutrition programs, middle school students' weight perceptions, dieting behaviors and life satisfaction, and the appropriate "normal" and "healthy" BMI categories and current weight reduction recommendations. |
Keyword(s): health education K-12, nutrition, obesity issues
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| Presider: Caile E. Spear, Boise State University, Boise, ID |
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College Students in the South: Nutritional and Exercise Behaviors
Wynn W. Gillan1, Linda B. Synovitz1, Ralph Wood1, Sandra McKay1 and Jeff Totten2, (1)Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, (2)McNeese University, Lake Charles, LA |
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Middle Schools Students' Weight Perceptions, Dieting Behaviors, and Life Satisfaction
Laura M. Esch and Keith Zullig, Miami University, Oxford, OH |
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“Normal” versus “Healthy” BMI: Does it Matter?
R. Mark Kelley1, Michele L. Pettit2, Kimberly Peabody2 and Bridget Miller2, (1)Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK, (2)Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK |
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Feasibility Study of an After-School Fitness/Nutrition Program
Natalie R. Kosine, Jennifer E. Taylor, Kristina Dunham and Cheryl A. Kolander, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY |
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