Planet Health Resources

Articles

• Gortmaker SL, Peterson KE, Wiecha JL, Sobol AM, Dixit S,
  Fox MK, Laird N. Reducing obesity via a school-based
  interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health.
  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999 Apr; 153 (4): 409-18.
  
• Wiecha JL, Sobol AM, Peterson KE, Gortmaker SL. Household
  television access: associations with screen time, reading and
  homework among youth. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2001 Sept -
  Oct; 1(5): 244-251.
  
• Austin SB, Gortmaker SL. Dieting and smoking initiation in early
  adolescent girls and boys: A prospective study. Am J Public
  Health. 2001 Mar; 91 (3): 446-50.
  
• Ludwig DS, Peterson KE, Gortmaker SL. Relation between
  consumption of sugar sweetened drinks and childhood obesity:
  A prospective, observational analysis. Lancet. 2001 Feb 17;
  357(9255):505-8.
  
• Wang LY, Yang Q, Lowry R, Wechsler H. Economic Analysis of
  a School-Based Obesity Prevention Program. Obes Res. 2003
  Nov; 11 (11): 1313-1324.
  
• Wiecha JL, El Ayadi AM, Fuemmeler BF, Carter JE, Handler S, Johnson S, Strunk N, Korzek-Ramirez D, Gortmaker SL. Diffusion of an Integrated Health Education Program in an Urban School System: Planet Health. J Pediatr Psychol. 2004 Sept; 29: 467-474.
  
• Cradock AL, Wiecha JL, Peterson KE, et al. Youth Recall
  and TriTrac Accelerometer Estimates of Physical Activity Levels.
  Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2004 Mar; 36 (3): 525-532.
  
• Boynton-Jarrett R, Thomas TN, Peterson KE, et al. Impact of
  Television Viewing Patterns on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
  Among Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2004 Dec; 112: 1321-1326.
  
• Austin SB, Field E, Wiecha J, Peterson KE, Gortmaker S.
  The impact of a school-based obesity prevention trial on
  disordered weight-control behaviors in early adolescent girls.
  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Mar; 159(3):225-229.
  
• Wiecha JL, Peterson KE, Ludwig DS, Kim J, Sobol A, Gortmaker SL. When Children Eat What They Watch: Impact of Television Viewing on Dietary Intake in Youth When Children Eat What They Watch. Arch Pediatr Adolec Med. 2006 Apr; 106(4): 436-42.
  
• Gortmaker SL, Cheung LWY, Peterson KE, Chomitz G, Cradle JH, Fox MK, Bullock RB, Sobol AM, Colditz G, Field A, Laird N. Impact of a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention on Diet and Physical Activity Amont Urban Primary School Children: Eat Well and Keep Moving. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 1999; 153:975-83.
  
• Chavarro JE, Peterson KE, Sobol AM, Wiecha JL, Gortmaker SL. Effects of a School-based Obesity-prevention Intervention on Menarche (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2005 Dec; 16(10):1245-52.

Books

• Carter J, Wiecha J, Peterson K, Gortmaker S. Planet Health:
  An Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Teaching Middle School
  Nutrition and Physical Activity.Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
  2001.