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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There&#39;s a call for schools to aggressively teach children about the dangers of heart disease -- and the risks of bad diet and not exercising enough.
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Pupils in England will learn more about how food is grown and how it reaches the consumer in a new  scheme.
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NEW YORK  - A multi-component health promotion program in schools may help excess weight gain among 12 to 13 year-olds, a Dutch study shows.
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NEW YORK  - A new computer program rates  snack foods according to their nutritional components, enabling  kids to make healthier choices from school vending machines,  according to researchers.
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Mike Baker considers what has driven improvement in England's specialist secondary schools.
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Elementary and middle schoolers posted solid gains in math and more modest improvements in reading in national test results released Tuesday.
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Health experts are trying to move the nation&#39;s battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools. Schools need to be more active in teaching heart
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Driving children to school is not to blame for falling levels of exercise in young children, say researchers.
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NEW YORK  - A new report suggests a simple  strategy for combating obesity among young girls -- increasing  their gym time.
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The Ofsted chief says specialist schools are showing "significant improvements", compared to other schools.
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LONDON 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 UN Population Fund.
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NEW YORK  - Participating in physical activities in and out of school more than two times a week protects adolescents from becoming overweight young adults, according to new research.
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School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are are taking it too far.
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Sorry kids, no more big cups of fries. Next fall, students in Arlington Public Schools will find their cafeterias' culinary scales tipped in a healthier direction, with more trail mix and baked foods and fewer fried and sugary foods.
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For nearly six years, the federal government has defined school success mainly by how many students pass state reading and math tests. But a growing number of educators and lawmakers are pushing to give more weight to graduation rates, achievement in science and history and even physical education.
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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation&#39;s schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.