a Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, United Kingdom b Remote Sensing Centre, Science Delivery, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation, 41 Boggo Road, QLD4102, Australia and Joint Remote Sensing Research Program, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia c Department of Ea...

OBJECTIVES This study examined associations between high school students' lunch patterns and vending machine purchases and the school food environment and policies. METHODS A randomly selected sample of 1088 high school students from 20 schools completed surveys about their lunch practices and vending machine purchases. School food policies were assessed by principal and food director surveys...

BACKGROUND Schools are a key setting for health promotion and improvement activities and the psycho-social environment of the school is an important dimension for promoting the health and well-being of children. The development of Health Promoting Schools (HPS) draws on the settings-based approach to health promotion and includes child participation as one of its basic values. This paper invest...

Although high school graduation is important for living conditions and health throughout life, many students do not complete. In Norway's northern most county, Finnmark, up to 45% of students do not complete high school. Contrary to prior research that has primarily focused on causes for dropout, this study's aim was to deepen understanding of factors that support high school attendance. A stre...

1 Center for Marine Environmental Ecology, School of Environment Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2 School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Qinghai University for Nationalities, Xining, China, 3 Duke Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 4 Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Educatio...

BACKGROUND The physical and social environments at schools are related to students' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels. The purpose of this study was to explore the interactive effects of the school physical environment and school social capital on the MVPA of students while at school. METHODS Data from 18,875 grade 6-10 students from 331 schools who participated in the 2009...