TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing weight-related issues in an elementary school
T2 - What do students, parents, and school staff recommend?
AU - Haines, Jess
AU - Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
AU - Thiel, Lynnell
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported by a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Grant # 394029.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - This study examined weight-related issues affecting elementary school children to gain insight into how best to address these issues within a school-based intervention. The study population included 21 students, 12 school staff members, and 21 parents from a school that serves an ethnically-diverse population. Data were collected using focus groups and individual interviews and were analyzed using qualitative research methodology. Weight-related teasing and poor body image emerged as prominent issues affecting students. Results suggest that programs aimed at the prevention of weight-related disorders should go beyond issues of nutrition and physical activity and include strategies to reduce weight-related mistreatment and to improve students' body image.
AB - This study examined weight-related issues affecting elementary school children to gain insight into how best to address these issues within a school-based intervention. The study population included 21 students, 12 school staff members, and 21 parents from a school that serves an ethnically-diverse population. Data were collected using focus groups and individual interviews and were analyzed using qualitative research methodology. Weight-related teasing and poor body image emerged as prominent issues affecting students. Results suggest that programs aimed at the prevention of weight-related disorders should go beyond issues of nutrition and physical activity and include strategies to reduce weight-related mistreatment and to improve students' body image.
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U2 - 10.1080/10640260601044428
DO - 10.1080/10640260601044428
M3 - Article
C2 - 17162638
AN - SCOPUS:33845396751
SN - 1064-0266
VL - 15
SP - 5
EP - 21
JO - Eating disorders
JF - Eating disorders
IS - 1
ER -