OBJECTIVE: This study will determine if the selective use of attractive names can be a
sustainable, scalable means to increase the selection of vegetables in school lunchrooms …

Results. The preplanned comparison shows Elmobranded apples were associated with an
increase in a child, s selection of an apple over a cookie, from 20.7% to 33.8%(Wald X2 …

Public-and private-sector initiatives to promote healthy eating and physical activity, called
'healthy lifestyles', are a relatively recent response to the global obesity pandemic. The …

In this book Honeyman looks at manifestations of youth agency (and representations of
agency produced for youth) as depicted in fairy tales, childlore and folk literature …

Herbert Hoover authored three charters of rights for children. They protected a distinct place
for children in society and allowed them to express their spirit and, more broadly, the …

Childhood obesity has become a veritable epidemic in the United States: with over a quarter
of Americans and seventeen percent of children and adolescents weighing in as obese …

Using a temporal approach dividing the reform process into two periods, this article explains
how both Brazil and the United States were slow to respond to AIDS. However, Brazil …

Obesity costs our society billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and medical expenses,
roughly half of which the federal government pays through Medicare and Medicaid. We …

The childhood obesity epidemic demands a concerted prevention effort from governments,
international organizations, the private sector and civil society.• A life-course approach to …

Consumerism, Sweets, and Self-Determined Choice Page 1 International Journal of
Children’s Rights 18 (2010) 253–265 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI 10.1163/157181810X12610295354488 …