Philadelphia School District Reports Progress in Reducing Childhood Obesity Rates
September 6, 2012 | Commentary/News Release/Journal Article/Story
Largest declines seen among African American boys and Hispanic girls.
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Daily P.E. Could Increase Youth Physical Activity by 23 Minutes per Day, According to New Study
January 17, 2013 | News Release
Requiring daily physical education in school could help young people be active for 23 minutes per day, according to a new study.
Observations of Drinking Water Access in School Food Service Areas Before Implementation of Federal and State School Water Policy, California, 2011
July 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Recent California legislation requires food service areas (FSAs) in school to provide free drinking water to students. This legislation aims to address the contribution of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to rising obesity rates by ensuring the avai ...
School District Wellness Policies
February 28, 2013 | Report
A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Bridging the Gap program finds that progress to improve school district wellness policies has stalled.
Making Health a Part of the School Day
May 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
A group of professionally-attired policy-makers, influencers and public health professionals in Washington started their day this morning the way students at Namaste Charter School in Chicago do every day—doing upper and lower body exercises and str ...
Child-Directed Marketing Within and Around Fast-Food Restaurants
December 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The fast-food industry spends $660 million to market its products to children and adolescents each year and spends the most on toys for kids’ meals—$360 million for the cost of toys alone. These efforts help fast-food restaurants sell more than 1.2 ...
Daughters of the American Revolution Help DC School Kids Plant a Garden
March 28, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Spring has sprung in the nation’s capital, and while the Cherry Blossoms are the most heralded bloom, the city is also awash in yellow forsythia, white apple blossoms, purple lavender and shovels and hoes at small and large plots of land across the ...
Sports Participation in Secondary Schools
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Participating in school sports is an important means to increase physical activity among adolescents. This brief examines participation during the school year by secondary school students in interscholastic sports (played against teams from other sc ...
NJ Takes Lead - School Nurses in Key Position to Combat Bullying
September 22, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Children need to feel safe at school and the school nurse is considered a “safe zone.” This is because the school nurse is not viewed by the students as directly related to the academic or discipline aspects of the school environment. Therefore scho ...
Controversy Undermines Support for State Mandates on the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
State actions requiring adolescent girls to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine created controversy following the vaccine’s approval in 2006.