childhood obesity Archives

7 principles of outdoor learning for early childhood

May 7, 2024 by Jennifer Fernández, School Specialty

Outdoor learning offers engaging learning opportunities that boost students’ social and emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

Spending time outdoors and engaging in active play has all kinds of benefits for young children. It encourages development of gross motor skills, helps improve coordination and balance,…

District Management

First lady announces new website to help students exercise

March 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Imagine students learning their ABCs while dancing, or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks.

District Management

Parents outraged over school program that tracks kids’ weight

December 11, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

A plan to track middle school students' weight has some Naperville, Ill., parents up in arms. Part of the physical education program in Naperville District 203 asks junior…

Research

Obese American children outgrowing school desks

February 20, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Schools across the country are pioneering big changes in the classroom--to accomodate the 17 percent of U.S. children who are overweight or obese, according to data from the…

IT Management

School bans sweets to fight childhood obesity

October 17, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Five-year-olds dance hip-hop to the alphabet. Third-graders learn math by twisting into geometric shapes, fifth-graders by calculating calories. And everyone goes to the gym–every day, the Associated Press…

District Management

A federal effort to push junk food out of schools

February 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The Obama administration will begin a drive this week to expel Pepsi, French fries, and Snickers bars from the nation’s schools in hopes of reducing the number of…