Angela+D.

The group of adolescents that I want to learn more about and is a growing subset within our schools, is the obese and morbidly obese adolescent.

This article discusses how academic performance is affected by obesity in adolescents. It also discusses the contracts schools and school districts make with soda and food companies for specified percentages of sales to go to the schools after the sales receipts. []

This paper talks about the correlation between physical activity and better academic performance. Although research supports that physical activity correlates with student motivation, persistance and academic success, many schools are opting to use more time on academic subjects. []

This is a report from the New York City Health Department and New York City Department of Education. It discusses the idea of better fitness means better academic scores. In 2009, one in five public school children are obese in New York City and a similar number are overweight. This figures out to be twenty percent of public school children. Not only does this article give numbers, charts and graphs, but does give ideas of how to incorporate change. []

This study shows how seventh graders in Texas in 2007-2008 did in Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies in correlation to their weight status(obese vs. nonobese). Obese children were found to have significantly lower scores in these four subjects than their nonobese counterparts. []

This study compared the effects of physical activity and obesity on academic performance. Students overall health did correlate directly with a students academic achievement. Twelve thousand six hundred and seven third graders were studied. Third grade is a critical year for students. []

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