Healthy Eating in Schools ─ Evidence-Based Interventions to Help Kids Thrive

This book shows primary, middle, and secondary schools how to build a positive environment that addresses both obesity and eating disorders. Although the book is written in a scholarly tone, it is intended for school personnel. The first part of the book presents the framework from author Tribole's previous book, Intuitive Eating. Part 2 describes an approach consisting of intuitive eating and nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness, and emotional self-regulation. Part 3 describes school-based interventions involving prevention, screening, and assessment of students with eating problems. Appendices provide assessment instruments to use with adolescents and children. An extensive list of annotated resources (mostly websites) includes reports and guidelines, curricula and lesson plans, and organizations. Cook-Cottone is an eating disorder researcher affiliated with the University of Buffalo-SUNY. Tylka is affiliated with The Ohio State University. Tribole, a nutrition counselor, has written seven books. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)