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Responses of Health and Physical Educators to Overweight Children in Alabama

Brian F. Geiger, EdD

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Education in Birmingham, Alabama

Sandra K. Sims, PhD

UAB School of Education in Birmingham, Alabama

Retta Evans, PhD

UAB School of Education in Birmingham, Alabama

Jane Roy, PhD

UAB School of Education in Birmingham, Alabama

Karen A. Werner, PhD, CHES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia

Marilyn Prier, MPH, RN

Children's Health System of Alabama/CHECK Center in Birmingham, Alabama

Karen Cochrane, MSN, RN

CHECK Center in the Children's Health System of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

Jason S. Fulmore, MAEd, CHES

UAB Center for Educational Accountability in Birmingham, Alabama

Verdell Lett Dawson, EdD

Selma City Schools, Alabama

Smyly Kirkpatrick

Selma City School System in Selma, Alabama

Dan Brown

Childrens Health System of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the increasing problem of overweight children in Alabama including clinical definition, risk factors, and prevalence data. Health and physical educators should become familiar with guidelines released by national organizations, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute of Medicine, and state departments of education and public health. These guidelines provide direction to health promotion program activities in schools, community, and recreational settings aimed at modifying predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors. Four examples are presented in the narrative to illustrate collaborative partnerships among health care organizations, a health insurer, public schools, an academic research university, and state agencies to enhance youth health. The final section provides practical recommendations for professional health and physical educators regarding obesity risk reduction.

Key Words: at risk for overweight • BMI • childhood underweight • overweight • school health program

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 10, No. 1, 111-118 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906298519
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