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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5120.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
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| Among preventable causes of death, poor diet an physical inactivity account for an estimated 300,000 deaths per year. For proper growth and development and to prevent health problems such as obesity and anemia, young people should begin healthy eating early in life. Strength and endurance can be improved in adolescence by regular physical activity in childhood and adolescence. Positive experiences with physical activity in early childhood helps to lay the foundation for being physically active throughout life. The presentations in this session will examine nutrition, obesity, physical activity and the factors related to these issues. Specifically, we will explore: the food environment and nutrition-related health education programs experienced by US schoolchildren; the influence of eating behavior, exercise behavior, social support for healthy eating on pre-adolescents' eating and exercise behaviors; the relationship between physical education requirements and physical activity; the variables associated with obesity; and the associations between body mass and quality of life. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, the participant will be able to: 1. To describe the US school food environment and nutrition-related health education programs. 2. Describe the eating and exercise behaviors of pre-adolescents and compare them with national dietary and fitness standards. 3. Identify the demographic characteristics of less active adolescents. 4. Discuss the impact of school physical education requirements on adolescent physical activity. 5. Discuss differences and similarities in factors found to be associated with overweight between groups and with those of the general population. 6. Articulate the importance of considering quality of life (QOL) in relation to children's physical health. | |||
| Joyce Eatmon, MPA Lynn Roberts, PhD | |||
| Adolescents’ perceived support for healthy eating and exercise Behavior Deborah E. Norton, RN, NP, PhD, Catherine M. Waters, PhD, RN, Virginia (Ginger) Carrieri-Kohlman, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Erika Froelicher, RN, PhD | |||
Physical activity among California adolescents: The role of physical education ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Susan Babey, PhD, Allison Diamant, MD, MSHS, Theresa Hastert, E. Richard Brown, PhD | |||
| Weight status, body mass, and quality of life in 5th grade children from different racial/ethnic groups Jan L. Wallander, PhD, Frank A. Franklin, MD, PhD, Jo Anne Grunbaum, EdD, Gail Harrison, PhD, Steven H. Kelder, PhD, MPH, Wendell C. Taylor, PhD, Mark Schuster, MD,, PhD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Black Caucus of Health Workers; Food and Nutrition; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA