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Postlewaite, C (2003) Preventing Childhood Obesity. State Government News, February, The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY.

Postlewaite, C. (2003) Healthy Hearts for Kids website monitors West Virginia children’s health habits. The Council of State Governments.
[Online] http://www.csg.org/CSG/Policy/education/Healthy+Hearts+For+Kids.htm

Muratova, V., Demerath, E., Spangler, E., Ogershok, P., Elliott, E., Minor, V., Neal, W. (2003) The relation of obesity to cardiovascular risk factors among children: The Coronary Artery Risk Detection In Appalachian Communities (CARDIAC) Project. West Virginia Medical Association Journal.

Spangler, E., Elliott, E., Palmer, S. Yeater, R., Muratov, V., Graham, G., Neal, W. (2003) The effects of an internet instructional module (Healthy Hearts) on cardiovascular risk factors in children. American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) 50th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR). Bureau for Public Health. (2002) Obesity: Facts, figures, guidelines. Charleston, WV: Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion.

Graham, G, Palmer, S, & Elliott, E (2002). Effects of the Web Based Instructional Unit Healthy Hearts on Fifth Grade Children’s Physical Activity, Knowledge, Attitudes, & Behavior. (Refereed Conference Proceedings). Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73, (1), Supplement, A-28.

Palmer, S., Graham, G., & Elliott, E. (submitted) Effects of a web-based health intervention on fifth grade children's physical activity. American Journal of Health Education.

Palmer, S. (2001) The effects of the web-based instructional unit Healthy Hearts on fifth grade children's physical activity knowledge, attitudes and behavior. Unpublished doctorate dissertation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

Elliott, E., Graham, G, & Palmer, S. (2001). Healthy Hearts: An Internet Instructional Module for 5th Grade Students. American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Elliott, E. (1997). Designing, piloting, and evaluating the interdisciplinary Internet module - Healthy Heart for intermediate grade children. Unpublished doctorate dissertation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.