Healthier PE class aim of school grant
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A $1.2 million federal grant will help students in the Washington Elementary School District shape up. The Phoenix district has received the 2004 Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant from the US
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Prime minister Gordon Brown announces an initiative to encourage children to do more sport in school.
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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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Schools are pushing healthier menus, eliminating trans fats, white bread and sugary drinks, while trying to keep students happy.
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The state Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Family Assistance will begin accepting applications for school clothing vouchers for eligible children enrolled in West Virginia schools.
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As American children grow fatter and more out of shape, physical education classes are being found wanting. Experts say there's little accountability for P.E. teachers in most schools. They say the classes are often poorly run, and students don't spend much time in them anyway.
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By Rupa Shenoy  rshenoy@@dailyherald.com  It's a question that defeats many an adult: How can one person make a difference?  But when a sixth grade elementary class from West Chicago tackled the question, the students came up with a nationally award- winning answer.
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Here was the idea: Students from low-income inner-city backgrounds could perform as well as better-off suburban students &#151; if they had a school that gave them proper support.
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10 - A short, moderately intense exercise intervention helped third-graders switch to healthier activities such as soccer and swimming instead of watching TV, researchers reported at the
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States want children to be a year older when they enter school. This could lead to better test scores â and more inequality.
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PE lessons in England are to be reviewed to encourage teenagers to exercise and avoid becoming obese.
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A group of schools in London are reintroducing boxing into PE lessons to assist pupils' development.
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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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Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line of the nation's schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.
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Students from research-led universities want the government to consider establishing a national bursary scheme to boost widening participation to higher education.
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THURSDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- School nurses are crucial to promoting heart health among children and youth, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).
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If a healthy heart and smaller waistline aren&#39;t incentive enough for kids to eat healthy foods, maybe a bracelet or key chain will do the trick.