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This Year’s Activities: Our 2 nd project year’s topic has been: Achieving a healthier way of life within students’ every-day-habits.
Our 2 nd project year’s topic has been: Achieving a healthier way of life within students’ every-day-habits. Our first project meeting in
The next project meeting in
| Country | Results |
| | There are no real problems with overweight in a country school. Underweight is sometimes found. There is a bit of an overweight problem with little children. |
| | Overweight is not a dominating problem. Underweight is a greater problem. One of the reasons may be the free school meals that are bearing the stigma of poverty. |
| | There is no real problem with overweight. It is more the underweight of the 11-14 years-old youths. A lot of sports, dancing and cycling is practised at school. Parents clubs are offered to instruct positive eating habits. |
| | Younger students have got problems with overweight older students more with underweight. |
| | There is no overweight problem among the 13-15 years-old youths. 60%-80% of the students have got a normal BMI. 30% of the girls have underweight. |
| | The group of the 15-18 year-old youths have quite a normal BMI. There are not many students with overweight problems more with underweight. Boys are slimmer than girls. A lot of students do not visit the canteen. There is a lack of food especially for poor students. |
| Spain | Until the beginning of adolescence there are some problems overweight among the students. Those students who are extremely overweight are sent to the doctor. By the end of the term the student’s development is inquired by the school. Students of the 8 th form are instructed in positive eating habits. |
| | The students have a normal BMI. Some have got problems with overweight and are sent to the doctor. |
As the situation differs quite a lot from country to country each partner school will show its measures that will be taken within each school as a consequence of the discussion in
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