The New England Journal of Medicine recently published findings from a study funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Diseases, a branch of the National Institute of Health. Known as the...
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Pella Schools Selected for Physical Education Program
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April 29, 2010
A team of teachers and administrators from the Pella Community School District recently attended workshops in Rogers, Arkansas, and Grundy Center, Iowa as an introduction to the PE4life program. The program promotes physical fitness and education for students in an effort to combat childhood obesity. Three buildings in the Pella Community School District will receive funds for their programs, and Elementary Physical Educator Tracey Murphy says she’s looking forward to what PE4life will do for Pella’s students. For complete article click here.
Jefferson School selected as one of four PE4Life Model Schools
Town Crier News
April 22, 2010
Jefferson Intermediate School is pleased to announce it has been selected as one of four pilot schools in the state of Iowa to implement the Healthy Schools Partnership (HSP), to help promote healthy eating and increased physical activity among our schoolchildren. For complete article click here.
Healthy Schools Partnership dieticians promote healthy eating during seven-week program
The Record Herald An Indianola Tribune
April 23, 2010
Lakewood Elementary School fourth-grader Clayton Hildreth used to walk right past the green beans at lunchtime and grab himself a sweet snack instead. But last week Hildreth, 10, of Norwalk chose green beans. He has a newfound interest in “high power” health foods like grapes and carrots, spurred by a program called the Healthy Schools Partnership. For complete article click here
ACFN Contributes to the National Conversation on Childhood Obesity
ACFN has put forth practical long-term solutions to engage both the public and private sectors to take action in the effort to help reduce childhood obesity. To download ACFN's comment click here.
Big Food vs. Big Insurance
The New York Times, September 10, 2009
No one disputes that the $2.3 trillion we devote to the health care industry is often spent unwisely, but the fact that the United States spends twice as much per person as most European countries on health care can be substantially explained, as a study released last month says, by our being fatter.
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Center for Disease Control (CDC) Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States July 2009
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Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report: Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity September 2009
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Pentagon: A third of U.S. youth too fat, sickly to serve
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The American Council for Fitness and Nutrition (ACFN) took the opportunity to comment on the Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 issued by the United States Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy...
Tanya Hargrave-Klein is a Registered Dietician and a nutrition coach in the Healthy Schools Partnership (HSP) in Des Moines. She began her career in health promotion and wellness more than 20 years ago, in college. She loves working with kids and being able to actually see results in the...