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The Association Of Wellness Policy Quality And Percentage Of Obesity In Schools, Bryce M. Abbey
The Association Of Wellness Policy Quality And Percentage Of Obesity In Schools, Bryce M. Abbey
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Schools possess a unique opportunity to reach a large captive audience and are becoming one of the battlegrounds for childhood obesity. To address the school environment’s role on the influence of American children’s nutritional intake and participation in physical activity, the United States (US) Federal Government adopted the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, placing an emphasis on implementation of the local school wellness policy (LSW). The purpose of this study was to examine the association between LSW and percentage of obesity in school districts within Nebraska. Aggregate district-wide body mass index (BMI) percentile data were utilized from previously collected …
Disaster Management: What India Can Learn From Other Countries, Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.
Disaster Management: What India Can Learn From Other Countries, Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.
Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.
Present paper analyses the Indian response to disasters. It is also a policy paper as it provides the ways which can be useful in mitigating the disaster risks.