Reduce child obesity : a guide for using the kid's choice program in school and at home /

Reduce child obesity: a guide to using the Kid's Choice Program in school and at home provides school leaders with a practical guide for applying the Kid's Choice Program (KCP), which is a school-based program to promote healthy behaviors and reduce the risk of child obesity. The KCP Guide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hendy, Helen (Autor), Williams, Keith E. (Autor), Camise, Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education, a division of Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]
Temas:
Obesity in children > Prevention.
Obesity in children > Diet therapy.
Weight loss.
Food habits.
School health services.
Feeding Behavior
Food Habits > United States.
Pediatric Obesity > diet therapy > United States.
Pediatric Obesity > prevention & control > United States.
School Health Services > United States.
Pediatric Obesity > diet therapy
Pediatric Obesity > prevention & control
School Health Services
Weight Loss
Obésité chez l'enfant > Diétothérapie.
Perte de poids.
Habitudes alimentaires.
Écoles > Services de santé.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
School health services
Food habits
Obesity in children > Prevention
Weight loss
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction to the Kid's Choice Program
  • Problem of overweight children
  • Problem of picky eating
  • Recommendations from the CDC
  • Benefits of school-based programs
  • Past school programs to improve children's healthy behaviors
  • Goals of the Kid's Choice Program (KCP)
  • Unique features of the KCP
  • Purpose and organization of the KCP guide
  • 2. Development of children's health behaviors
  • Early development of children's eating habits
  • Theories of how children change health behaviors
  • Theories of how children change health behaviors
  • The role of repeated experience
  • The role of rewards
  • The role of peer modeling
  • The role of perceived choices
  • Selection of the KCP target behavior of eating FV first during meals
  • Selection of the KCP target behavior of choosing healthy drinks
  • Selection of the KCP target behavior of exercise
  • 3. Research documenting KCP effectiveness
  • KCP-produced changes in children's healthy behaviors
  • KCP-produced changes in children's preference of healthy behaviors
  • KCP-produced changes in weight for overweight and normal-weight children
  • KCP acceptability ratings by children, parents, and school staff
  • KCP cost per child per month of application
  • 4. KCP application : school procedures
  • Three simple KCP procedures
  • Delivery of token rewards during lunch and recess
  • Delivery of weekly Reward Day
  • INtroducing KCP to school staff, parents, and children
  • Most effective KCP components
  • Variations on KCP application at school
  • 5. KCP application : personnel
  • Small tams of volunteers can deliver the KCP
  • Training of KCP volunteers
  • Encouraging parent participation
  • Encouraging community involvement
  • 6. KCP application : materials and costs
  • KCP materials needed
  • FVFIRST and HDRINK options at lunch
  • Exercise options at recess
  • Nametag necklaces and token rewards
  • Small prizes for Reward Day
  • Sources of support to cover KCP costs
  • 7. documenting your KCP effectiveness (optional)
  • Changes in children's healthy behaviors
  • Changes in children's preferences for FV
  • Changes in children's weight status
  • KCP acceptability for school staff and parents
  • 8. Other parent mealtime actions
  • Parent actions associated with children's diet and weight
  • Measuring parent mealtime actions
  • Recommended parent mealtime actions
  • Plate A-Plate B home intervention for extreme picky eaters
  • 9. When to seek professional help
  • Measuring children's feeding problems
  • When and where to seek professional help.

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