Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
2010
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Lee Plourde
Second Committee Member
S. Schmitz
Third Committee Member
L. Fitch
Abstract
This project looks at obesity and undernourishment in American students. The project discusses the importance of physical education and nutrition education and the lack there of in the 21st Century. Research indicates current legislative mandates involving standardized testing and a stress on core academics, changing familial and societal structures and evolving food technology have helped lead to the obesity epidemic in the United States. The project also looks at different ethnic and socioeconomic groups and the impact nutrition and overall health plays in these groups. The project includes a nutrition curriculum that is designed to be used in a ninth grade Health course. If changes aren't made now, it is estimated the current generation in school will be the first in American history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
Recommended Citation
Swanson, Rebecca Toisie, "The Importance of High School Nutrition Education" (2010). All Graduate Projects. 94.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/94
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Health and Physical Education Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons