Health and Wellness
Healthy Eating for Kids: 5 Nutrition Activities for Kids
Encourage kids to make healthier food choices with nutritional activities to support a sharper mind.
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Inspired by "Waffles + Mochi" Healthy Kid-Friendly Recipes
A great way to explore culture and bring social studies concepts to life is by teaching children about the ways that people around the world prepare and consume food.
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Why Healthy School Meals Matter
Proper nutrition is linked to improved academic performance. Unfortunately, many students today are not receiving the nutrition they need at home. The statistics are scary. Nearly 49 million Americans—one in five children—live in households that lack the means to get enough nutritious food on a regular basis. At the same time, one-third of all children in the U.S. are overweight or obese.
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Hip Hop Public Health
Team sports are an excellent way to get kids active. They teach kids teamwork, time management, discipline, and get their blood pumping.
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Engage, Empower, and Equip Your Students Through Fuel Up to Play 60
I grew up in a suburb of New York City in which everyone, and I mean everyone, played at least one sport year-round. It was said every baby born at North Shore University Hospital was sent home with a lacrosse stick in their diaper bag. And if lacrosse wasn’t your thing, you had your pick of other travel and club teams starting in preschool: tee-ball, little league, softball, soccer, basketball, and swimming. When we got older we could play field hockey or football, wrestle, run track or cross country. Tennis, golf. Even bowling or crew. Cheerleading. Color guard. You name it, my school district had an option. Plus, we had 30-42 minutes of P.E. class every other day—all the way through high school—regardless of whether we played a sport.
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Kick Off Your School Year with a 100-Mile Goal
As an educator, starting a school year is exciting and full of endless possibilities for your students and yourself.
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Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
Have you heard of CDC Healthy Schools? It’s a branch of the CDC that works with states, school systems, communities, and national partners to prevent chronic disease and promote the health and well-being of children and adolescents in schools.
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Breakfast and the Body
We all know the phrase, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” However, when the school year starts and busy parents struggle to prepare their children for the school day, the morning meal can often fall by the wayside.
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Schools Can Help Defend Against Childhood Obesity
Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the results of their 2017 study on adult obesity. According to the study, seven states reported an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. In the previous year’s study, five states reported at or above 35% adult obesity.
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7 Ways to Combat Childhood Obesity
In order to fight the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, we must define it. Obesity in children and adults is a measurement linked to body mass index (BMI). An overweight child or teen has a BMI at or above the 85th percentile and below the 95th percentile for children and teens of the same age and sex. An obese child or teen has a BMI at or above the 95th percentile. After you know where your child falls on the BMI scale, you will be better informed.
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