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Measuring The Accessibility Of Mississippi High Schools' School Wellness Policy Documents, Samikshya Thapa
Measuring The Accessibility Of Mississippi High Schools' School Wellness Policy Documents, Samikshya Thapa
Honors Theses
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a significant public health concern and its
prevalence is increasing. Since children spend much of their time in schools, programs available in this setting can play an important role in promoting student health and reducing obesity. With the purpose of addressing childhood obesity, the U.S. Congress passed the Healthy Hunger Free Kids (HHFK) Act, 2010, which strengthened the mandate and regulations for schools to develop and implement School Wellness (SW) policies put into place to promote students health. Transparency and accessibility of SW policies among schools and public communities are important and required for the development …