Schools Found Improving on Nutrition and Fitness
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The nationâs schools have made âconsiderable improvementsâ in nutrition, fitness and health over the last six years, according to a new government survey.
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A government scheme  to encourage children to eat more fruit and veg has boosted children's intake, research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Having a nutrition coach actively coach families on how to make healthy changes in their diet appears to help parents and their children improve their nutritional intake, researchers found.
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Schools should be more aggressive in teaching children about heart disease and the risks of bad diet and little exercise, the American Heart Association said Monday.    The call for bolder action in schools follows the Institute of Medicine's recommendations last month calling for a wide-ranging attack on childhood obesity by involving parents, schools, communities and the government...
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NEW YORK  - Taking physical education (PE) class every school day for a full year improves high school girls' cardiovascular fitness, a new study shows.
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Some of the new academies set up with help from business have better GCSE results than the schools they replaced.
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Indiana&#39;s higher education system improved slightly, earning aB, three C&#39;s and aD on a national report card released today.
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Government seeking to counter childhood obesity by making cooking classes compulsory at schools
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Schools have improved since Tony Blair became prime minister but it is hard to say by how much, a report says.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDayNews)  Exercise-intervention programs can help boost physical activity in children, says a study by researchers at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.
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Ofsted's annual report also praises the schools that are doing particularly well.
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Grants from the American Heart Association are helping give pre-kindergarten children healthy habits.
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It&#39;s not just OK for students to eat on the run when they arrive at a middle school here each morning. It&#39;s encouraged. For about 20 minutes before homeroom, a &quot;grab
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There looks to be more room for healthy growth.
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The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade, according to a new report by the United Nations Population Fund.
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NEW YORK  - In addition to improved fitness  levels, eight weeks of aerobic exercise improves levels of  "good" HDL cholesterol and measures of circulatory function, in  overweight children and adolescents, according to a report in  the December issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.
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Educators and health officials have stepped up their fight against obesity in US schools by trying to replace greasy fast food with healthy meals, and are seeing small but encouraging results.