Overweight Youth - A Growing Epidemic
On November 12, 2009 CNN reported on a story that every teacher, administrator, school board member and parent should read. Essentially the report noted that:
Children are not playing outside |
Schools, Junk Food and Soda Pop
Times are a' changing when it comes to school foods in vending machines and school canteens. A recent CDC (2008) report, summarized in the October 5, 2009 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , t |
Physical Education: A Possible Way to Decrease Heart Disease Risk in Youth
In November 2009, at the annual American Heart Association meeting in Orlando FL, German researchers reported something that many have suspected. That is, daily physical education helps decrease c |
Bone Health: Physical Education, Sports and Physical Activity
During the past several years we have talked, on this website, about the benefits of physical activity on bone health and bone mineral density (BMD). Bone health and BMD are related to osteogenesi |
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