Background: This study assessed the effects of the "Jump-in" whole-school intervention in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on children's weight development by comparing children exposed to the intervention and controls from 3 other large Dutch cities. Jump-in is a comprehensive intervention that aims to stimulate healthy nutrition and…

Background: While dietary sources of calcium are important for bone health, the intake of milk and milk products decreases as children get older. A free milk in schools program may mitigate this decrease in milk consumption. We evaluated the Fonterra Milk for schools program (a free milk initiative) by determining changes in children's milk…

Background: National guidelines exist that define "quality" afterschool programs (3-6 pm, ASP). No widely adopted national standards/policies exist, however, for ASP providers for the promotion of physical activity (PA). To address this gap, state-level ASP organizations have developed or adopted standards/policies related to PA. The extent to…

A discussion of the way children meet problems of deviations from the expected in physical maturation and solve them is presented. Evidence indicates that children today are not maturing earlier than children of the preceeding several generations. (Author)

In a speech presented at the 45th annual convention of the American School Health Association, Chicago, 1971, author reviews some of the limited evidence and extensive speculations relating nutrition to these areas in human biology, life, growth, and learning. (Author/BY)

Education programs to prepare young women for menarche can potentially affect their self-view; peer interaction, decision making; and self-care capabilities. A review of literature on menarche and menarcheal education is presented with implications for program development. (Author/MT)

Allergies have recently been related to the development of speech, language, and hearing problems in students. Diagnosis and treatment is compounded by multiple complaints or the absence of complaints. (Authors/CJ)

There are numerous and complex events taking place during brain maturation that provide the biologic underpinnings of learning and behavior. (MM)

The authors have developed a screening instrument for the identification of learning problems in preschool children, based upon research into the relationship between perinatal history, developmental abnormalities, and later emergence of learning problems. (MJB)

To understand the meaning of a teenager's behavior, it is necessary to have an overall understanding of psychological development. (MM)