Robert Garcia of The City Project discusses why parks are important to California in this video, California Forever: Parks for the Future. Garcia emphasizes that all residents living in California deserve the right to see green space in their ...
Read MoreThe complete text to Puerto Rico's Complete Streets Policy, "Proyecto del Senado 1857 (P. del S. 1857)," approved in December of 2010, and filed into law as Ley Num. 201. ...
Read MoreStudy found that students at schools with a more regulated food service program gained less weight than students at schools that had fewer ...
Read MoreNPR's take on the proposed USDA snack guidelines. ...
Read MoreThree individuals discuss their support of legislation that would give elementary school students in New Jersey 20 minutes of recess a day, by law. ...
Read MoreThe Student Ambassador Program, a new initiative of the San Antonio Mayor's Fitness Council, will elect 35 students grades 5-12, to represent the county during the 2012-2013 school ...
Read MoreAn article recognizing the Mesquite school district for making school lunches ...
Read MoreChristine Sinatra, mom to a kindergartner attending an Austin Independent School District school, talks about how brain breaks and FitnessGram help to create a healthy learning environment for children. In this blog she asks parents to support her quest for keeping FitnessGram in Schools. ...
Read MoreAlthough video games are often viewed in a negative context, for possibly keeping kids from participating in physical activity, researchers from George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in Washington, D.C., are finding that active video games may provide a new avenue for kids to participate in physical activity. Already many schools have begun to use interactive video games as part of their curriculum. ...
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