Planet Health—A Health Education Program for School Children
Principal Investigator
Steven Gortmaker
sgortmak@hsph.
harvard.edu
Project Identifier
Core Project, 1998–2004
Harvard University: Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity
Topics:
Nutrition & Physical Activity for Youth | Obesity & Overweight | School Health
The Harvard PRC’s Planet Health curriculum incorporates health education into language arts, math, science, social studies, and physical education classes for 6th–8th graders. It aims to increase physical activity and improve diet. The curriculum was tested and evaluated in six of Boston’s inner-city middle schools where about 90% of teachers who trained in and used it believed it had a good effect on their students and wanted to continue teaching it. Using grants from the U.S. Department of Education and from Physical Education in Progress, the researchers sustained and expanded the program to include curricula for 4th and 5th grade students.
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