Angela+Mullins

Perspective of: Japan


Parents Educators || due to the risk of radiation exposure. ||
 * Frame Element || Information gathered: ||
 * < Characters || School age-children
 * < Setting ||< Fukushima, Japan ||
 * Initiating Event || Nuclear disaster hit Fukushima Prefecture ||
 * Internal Response || School officials and Board of Education minimized outdoor school activity in children kinder through highschool
 * Goal || by keeping children indoors, schools officials wanted to reduce the risk of exposure to radiation. They limited the outdoor exposure based on local atmospheric radioactive fallout readings. ||
 * Consequence || The board of education received reports on the increase in overweight students even though schools have adopted various measures to complement the lack of outdoor exercise, including pushing kids to use stairways and halls to increase walking, ||
 * Resolution ||< School officials have developed a plan to send sports trainers to schools and encourage students to engage in community sports activities, ||

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obesity fukushima site:.jp