Weighing Choices. Rhea R. Borja.
by Borja, Rhea R; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 7Institutions. Publisher: Education Week, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Behavior therapy for teenagers | Exercise | Health behavior in adolescence | High school students | Middle school students | Obesity in adolescence | Private schools | Teenagers -- Nutrition | Weight lossDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A new private school aims to help overweight boys and girls make better decisions about how much to eat and how often to exercise." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article profiles the private Academy of the Sierras in Reedley, California, which is "billed as the nation's first weight-loss school for obese teenagers. Students must be at least 30 pounds overweight for two years to attend the yearlong boarding school, which offers mandatory exercise, behavioral therapy, college-prep classes, and a healthy food regimen. The aim: shedding and keeping off excess pounds through improving all dimensions of a student--academic, emotional, and physical."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Weighing Choices, Jan. 19, 2005; pp. 27-31.
"A new private school aims to help overweight boys and girls make better decisions about how much to eat and how often to exercise." (EDUCATION WEEK) This article profiles the private Academy of the Sierras in Reedley, California, which is "billed as the nation's first weight-loss school for obese teenagers. Students must be at least 30 pounds overweight for two years to attend the yearlong boarding school, which offers mandatory exercise, behavioral therapy, college-prep classes, and a healthy food regimen. The aim: shedding and keeping off excess pounds through improving all dimensions of a student--academic, emotional, and physical."
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