Many children in today's society are overweight and ignorant about nutrition. Is this because of bad parenting techniques? Possibly, but children spend a majority of their day at school, and by creating a healthy environment, schools could instill healthy habits in the children's daily routine. Scho...

Junk Food in Schools Americans today are not well known for their eating habits. With so much junk food (defined as food being convenient, yet unhealthy) on the market, it can be hard to resist those barbecue-flavored chips or the watermelon candy. Although Americans have not always had this style...

Part I Proposal Healthy People 2010 Objective: Reducing childhood obesity in poor communities One of the stated goals of "Healthy People 2010" is to eliminate health disparities between different socioeconomic groups. Promoting a healthy weight and increasing physical activity must be...

Childhood Obesity The prevalence of childhood obesity for American children has never been higher. According to recent federal findings, the number of American children from the ages of six to eleven have tripled in the last forty-years, with one in every seven of these children meeting the crite...

"I'm looking for Zim, the green kid?" "Oh, the green child. He's right over there, doulbed over in pain." "Ohhhhh!" "He's missing his liver. That's how some kids react to the cafeteria food, the lucky ones." The reputation of school lunches...

In this report I will be looking at the problem behaviour of obesity and describing the creation and introduction of a community-based program for behaviour change in the Jamaican population. This program will be a primary level prevention approach and will be called the 'No Gain No Pain&apo...