278Wednesday, April 2, 2003
3:00 PM-5:00 PMConvention Center:201B
AAHE/School
Inactive and Overweight Children
Inactivity and obesity are epidemic among American children today. The first presentation provides teachers, parents and other health professionals with progressive and effective strategies for reaching sedentary and overweight children and their parents who are resistant to lifestyle changes. The second presentation “train-the-trainer” presentation offers practical strategies and resources that may be utilized by health educators, physical educators, school nurses and classroom teachers to help reverse trends and take steps to educate students, school staff and parents in dealing with this national problem. The final presentation focuses on coordinating a comprehensive approach to obesity in schools.
Keyword(s): physical activity, wellness/disease prevention, youth-at-risk
Presider: Deitra Wengert, Towson State University, Towson, MD
Speakers:
Balancing the Scales: Coordinating a Comprehensive Approach to Obesity in Schools
Jenny Parker, Northern Illinois University, Barb Weigand, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL and Peggy Pedersen, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Nutrition and Physical Activity: Trends and Treatments of Childhood Obesity - Linking Schools and Community
Linda Woods Huber, Executive Director of Pennsylvania AHPERD, Lititz, PA and Terri Caldwell, Ephrata Community Hospital, Akron, PA
Reaching the Hard-To-Reach Inactive/Overweight Youth Using a Stage Based Approach
Patrick F. DiComo and Patrick F. DiComo, Rowan University, Point Pleasant Boro, NJ

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