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  • Title: Addressing weight-related issues in an elementary school: what do students, parents, and school staff recommend?
    Author: Haines J, Neumark-Sztainer D, Thiel L.
    Journal: Eat Disord; 2007; 15(1):5-21. PubMed ID: 17162638.
    Abstract:
    This study examined weight-related issues affecting elementary school children to gain insight into how best to address these issues within a school-based intervention. The study population included 21 students, 12 school staff members, and 21 parents from a school that serves an ethnically-diverse population. Data were collected using focus groups and individual interviews and were analyzed using qualitative research methodology. Weight-related teasing and poor body image emerged as prominent issues affecting students. Results suggest that programs aimed at the prevention of weight-related disorders should go beyond issues of nutrition and physical activity and include strategies to reduce weight-related mistreatment and to improve students' body image.
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