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December 5, 2011 | Journal Article
Both physical education and recess time need to be increased for young students to achieve national standards for physical activity.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Texas teachers are supportive of mandatory physical fitness testing but not all students are cooperating.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Physical education programs and policies explain only some of the variance in fitness levels of Texas students socioeconomic status and community factors also are important.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Kenneth Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., founder of the Cooper Institute, creator of the FITNESSGRAM® test battery, calls for quality physical education programs.
September 22, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
November 8, 2007 | Issue Brief
Physical education, physical activity and academic performance.
November 18, 2009 | Story
Those polled were aware of physical activity requirements and that students were exceeding the minimum state physical activity requirements.
August 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
In 2006, staff of the New York Road Runners Foundation created two startup kits to enable teachers to start running programs in elementary and middle schools.
April 11, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Healthy Students, Healthy Minds project of Padres Unidos is working with Denver school board officials to implement a recess-before-lunch policy in all public schools, a schedule that gets kids to eat better and reduces discipline problems.
April 11, 2012 | Program Result Report
Communities Creating Healthy Environments aims to curb childhood obesity in communities of color by using community organizing for social justice to advocate for policy changes color. Read this report on its progress.