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In light of the childhood obesity problems affecting Australia and other developed nations, this study investigated parents' attitudes to a school food policy recently introduced into Western Australian government schools. The aim of the study was to develop recommendations for future efforts to...
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In terms of health, children living in low socioeconomic families are disadvantaged relative to higher socioeconomic … from a sample of 36 low socioeconomic parents with overweight primary school children to identify the barriers to their … children's participation in physical activity. Identified barriers included financial, parent, child, and environmental factors …
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Low and medium SES children's knowledge of the Australian Government's recommendations for minimum daily intakes of … fruit and vegetables and their reported actual intakes were investigated. In total, 524 children and 123 parents from four … Australian schools responded to questionnaires on the topic of children's fruit and vegetable preferences and intakes. Around …
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