The State Education Standard
Vol. 5, No. 2
December 2004

Feature Articles:
The Role of Schools in Preventing Childhood Obesity

by Howell Wechsler, Mary L. McKenna, Sarah M. Lee, and William H. Dietz
The Role of schools in addressing childhood and adolescent overweight.

 

Preventing Weight Problems Before They Become Too Hard to Solve

by Stuart Trager
Understanding childhood overweight and promoting healthy weight in children.

 

Healthy Policies for Healthy Kids

by Denise Rhiner
The importance of policy efforts at the federal, state, and local levels.

 

Physical Education's Critical Role in Educating the Whole Child and Reducing Childhood Obesity

by Charlene R. Burgeson
A comprehensive look at the school physical activity program.

 

Local Nutrition Policies

by Dayle Hayes
Seven steps to an effective school wellness policy.

 

Vending Machine Dilemmas: Promoting Healthy Choices

by Tracy A. Fox
One county's experience in developing nutrition standards.

 

Creating and Evaluating School-based Initiatives to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity

by Alicia Moag-Stahlberg
Helping schools to develop and improve nutrition and physical activity.

 

Departments:
Editor's Note
Executive Summary
A message from NASBE Executive Director Brenda Lilienthal Welburn
Washington Notebook
Surveying the federal education scene
State Innovations
Policy innovations for preventing childhood obesity
The NASBE Interview
Evelyn B. Monroe, North Carolina State Board of Education