Schools and Public Health by Gard Michael;Pluim Carolyn;

Author:Gard, Michael;Pluim, Carolyn;
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

One goal of a book like this is to offer, however tentatively, some trans-historical “truths” that summarize the historical terrain we have covered. Most obviously, we have tried to show that school health always has a political and ideological motive behind it which may be more salient than its purported connection to health. Balanced against this, and as we argued in chapter 5, no two examples are identical. This will be important to keep in mind over the following three chapters because the context out of which school health initiatives emerge will help to explain the form they take. That is, by understanding the reasons behind particular examples of school health, we are in a better position to understand and respond to the misgivings we might have about them. In the case of obesity, we spend the next three chapters describing some serious misgivings indeed. Our hope is that the background we have provided in this chapter will give at least some readers reason to pause and consider our arguments rather than dismissing them as mere iconoclasm. Put another way, our hope is that a little history may at least offer some different ways of seeing the present.

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