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Session: Promoting Fitness and Activity for Students
4190.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Poster
Promoting Fitness and Activity for Students
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):Terry Wessel #school
Moderator(s):Christopher Ledingham, PhD
Board 1Developing and testing an instrument to evaluate childhood obesity prevention interventions based on social cognitive theory *
Manoj Sharma, PhD, Donald I. Wagner, HSD
Board 2Implementation of a school health improvement program at a Mississippi elementary school
Clifton C. Addison, PhD, Monique S. White, MPH, Brenda W. Jenkins, MPH, Lavon Young, MPH
Board 3Promoting the Health and Fitness of Faculty, Staff, and Administrators in Rural Louisiana
Mildred R. Naquin, PhD, Marie Zannis, PhD, Angelle Lowe, BS
Board 4PASS & CATCH: Does physical activity in school affect academics?
Nancy G. Murray, DrPH, Julie C. Garza, MPH, Deanna Hoelscher, PhD RD LD CNS, Steve Kelder, PhD, Pamela M. Diamond, PhD, Jerri Ward, MA, RD, LD, Roy B. Allen, MA
Board 5An exploratory study of sleep, BMI, diet, and physical activity among undergraduates
Anna E. Price, MS, CHES, Robert M. Weiler, PhD, MPH, Jiunn-Jye Sheu, PhD, MSPH, Virginia J. Dodd, PhD, MPH
Board 6Relationship of change in depression to body image, locus of control, and amount of exercise in a pretest-posttest study of college freshmen women and men
Daniel D. Adame, PhD, CHES, Steven P. Cole, PhD, Thomas C. Johnson, EdD, Sally A. Radell, MFA
Board 7Influence of school context on children's body mass index from kindergarten through third grade
Amy C. Cory, MSN, RN, CPNP
Board 8Current Practices and Needs in Height and Weight Assessment among Public Middle Schools in Massachusetts
Juhee Kim, ScD, Jennifer L. Spadano-Gasbarro, PhD, Solomon Mezgebu, MSc, Christine Horan, MPH, Karen E. Peterson, RD, DSc
Board 9Body mass index (BMI) monitoring as an effective tool for childhood obesity program planning
Kevin Alvarnaz, MBA, Jennifer Kenny, BS
Board 10Evaluation and analysis of the Schools for Healthy Lifestyles program
Steven A. Sternlof, PhD, Wendy J. Jones, MPH, John R. Bozalis, MD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:School Health Education and Services
Endorsed by:Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Education and Health Promotion

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