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Download full textBellis, David D. – US General Accounting Office, 2004
To help improve nutrition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides nutrition education through five of its programs: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP); Food Stamp Program (FSP); Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); National School Lunch Program (NLP); and Child and Adult Care…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Food, Health Promotion, Federal Programs
Brindis, Claire D.; Park, M. Jane; Valderrama, L. Teresa; Lee, Caron M.; Margolis, Rebecca; Kolbe, Lloyd J.; Achrekar, Angeli P.; Hannan, Casey; Anglin, Trina M. – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2004
Adolescence represents a unique period in the life cycle. No longer children and not yet adults, adolescents make significant choices about their health and develop attitudes and health practices that impact their current safety and well-being. Those choices also often influence their risk for future serious chronic disease. Adolescence also…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescents, Human Services, Health Promotion
Hofford, Craig W.; Cate, Jean – 1993
Health promotion includes those strategies that reinforce the maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviors and discourage the use of unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Health promotion strategies are gaining momentum in the United States. Three of the six "America 2000" education goals have health-related implications, specifically the goals…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina Legislative Research Commission, Raleigh. – 1993
This study, authorized by the General Assembly of North Carolina, investigated current indicators of the state of youth physical fitness and the availability and utilization of programs to improve fitness. The study gathered testimony from physical fitness experts, educators, administrators, and medical personnel. The study found that youth are in…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Economic Impact, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Griffin, Abbey – 1992
This report covers the risks to health, safety, and emotional well-being for infants and toddlers in child care settings, and examines opportunities for diminishing those risks and promoting healthy development. Part 1 examines the risks of poor caregiving practices, including the spread of infectious disease, the incidence of injury, and the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Child Safety
James, Kathryn – 2001
This book is intended to assist adult education practitioners and policymakers in the United Kingdom who want to develop opportunities addressing the health and learning needs of all individuals and communities, including those whose socioeconomic situation may have a negative impact on their health. The following are among the topics covered: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Learning, Advisory Committees
