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DiGiacinto, Kacey Lynn; Jones, Emily – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2010
NASPE recommends children ages 5-12 accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day of the week. With the growing occurrence of obesity in the United States, it is clear that too many of America's youth are not meeting the recommended amount of daily physical activity. Given that America's youth are having…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2007
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Technical Education, Public Education, Career Education
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. National Center for Youth with Disabilities. – 1989
The annotated bibliography is intended to give classroom teachers and educational planners background information and resource materials on the psychosocial and health concerns of adolescents with chronic illnesses. The 26 bibliographic citations date from 1980 to 1988 and are grouped into the following categories: general medical and social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Chronic Illness, Demography
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2005
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Public Education
Hamburg, David A. – 1994
This book argues that many U.S. children are at risk because of poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, poor health, illiteracy, racial prejudice, and the eruption of unprecedented levels of violence both in inner cities and across the country. It provides a comprehensive overview of the crises young children and adolescents face and the decisions that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Child Development