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Shape Up Somerville: District Tackles Childhood Obesity
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Cluggish, Sarah; Kinder, Gretchen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Walking today through Somerville, Massachusetts' Winter-Hill Community School during school hours differs markedly compared with just a few years ago. Gone are the greasy potato chips and chocolate-chip cookies from the a la carte offerings in the cafeteria. Missing are the late morning fundraisers when children would fill up on cupcakes and other…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Habits, Nutrition, Child Health
Shape up Somerville: A District Tackles Childhood Obesity
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Cluggish, Sarah; Kinder, Gretchen – School Administrator, 2008
Walking today through Somerville, Massachusetts's Winter Hill Community School during school hours differs markedly compared to just a few years ago. Gone are the greasy potato chips and chocolate-chip cookies from the a la carte offerings in the cafeteria. Missing are the late morning fundraisers when children would fill up on cupcakes and other…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Habits, Nutrition, Child Health
Extra-team Connections for Knowledge Transfer between Staff Teams
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Ramanadhan, Shoba; Wiecha, Jean L.; Emmons, Karen M.; Gortmaker, Steven L.; Viswanath, Kasisomayajula – Health Education Research, 2009
As organizations implement novel health promotion programs across multiple sites, they face great challenges related to knowledge management. Staff social networks may be a useful medium for transferring program-related knowledge in multi-site implementation efforts. To study this potential, we focused on the role of extra-team connections (ties…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Health Promotion, Social Networks, Communication Strategies