On Saturday, November 7th, 2015, University of the Sciences will hold their sixth annual Healthy Lifestyles Scholarship Competition. Over $10,000 in scholarships and cash prizes will be awarded to high school students who create and present the most effective health-conscious social media campaign. Topics for the entries of the social media campaigns must focus on health issues like losing weight, limiting alcohol consumption or eating healthier. The competition will be open to all students in high school and team and individual entries are acceptable. The goal for the students is to create a program that is designed to help people make healthier lifestyle choices and share this message through social media channels like Facebook and Twitter. Deadline for entries is November ...
The new results are out for the 2013-2014 years within the National Secondary School Survey Results. This survey shows the School Policies and Practices to Improve Health and Prevent Obesity findings since the 2007 studies began. Surveys from school administrators, mostly principals, were taken to measure the success and areas in need for progress in regards to diet and physical activity in schools. The major findings revealed that schools have been making noticeable efforts in offering students healthier foods and beverages for lunch, however, many students still have easy access to sugary beverages and junk foods. Very little progress was reported for increasing physical activity among students during or after school times. In fact, physical education requirements for high school ...
Chicago, Illinois ( 28.9% Latino) is growing towards healthy connections for students by helping them connect to farmers and healthy foods through their classrooms. More and more schools in the area are allowing students to visit local farms, write to farmers, and learn what it takes to grow and harvest healthy foods as farm to school grows in Illinois. Programs like Adopt a Farmer, or free curriculums like Seven Generations Ahead are helping students understand the importance of where their food comes from, and what it takes to grow healthy foods. Field trips taken to farms like Angelic Organics Learning Farm, or Windy City Harvest Youth Farm are helping students become the next generation of food leaders. Farm to School in Illinois is taking off with urban farms and community ...
University of Florida's Institute of Flood and Agricultural Sciences is holding workshops for farmers' market managers and vendors on Monday, November 9th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. As farmers' markets in Florida continue to grow in numbers, the need for safety and quality produce is necessary for health. The workshop will provide market managers and vendors the necessary tools to follow state regulatory requirements for food safety, and provide information on market consumer trends and marketing. To see a full list of speakers or learn more about the price of the seminar, click ...
Science teacher and now paid brand ambassador of McDonalds', John Cisna, has been rolling out his infomercial video to schools across America, informing them that McDonalds helped him lose weight. In Cisna's documentary, 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, his daily choices at McDonalds lowers his caloric intake to help him loose weight and he starts having a more active lifestyle. Walking up to 45 minutes a day, where before he did not exercise at all, and eating at or less than 2,000 calories, when his body type required more than 3,000 calories to stay at his body weight of 280 pounds, he informs kids about a 'healthier lifestyle'. However effective Cisna is at losing weight in his documentary, it is not a way to market healthy food and lifestyle choices to kids, explains ...
What if fast food meals for kids were considered more nutritious? Researchers from New York University (NYU) studied kids' meals by looking at over 358 fast food receipts which detailed over 400 purchases of kids' meals. After calculating what those meals would look like with a set of healthy nutritional standards, researchers summed up that there would have been a nine percent drop in calories for kids if the fast food meals purchased were up to their standards. This may not seem like much, but Dr. Brian Elbel, the lead author of the study and associate professor in the department of population health at NYU, said in a recent article, that these changes on fast food kids' meals would be a step in the right direction to help fight against childhood obesity. The new bill purposed ...
Looking for healthy fun treats for your Halloween party or school party? Whole Foods has healthy options for your little ghosts and goblins to nibble on. Baby Carrot 'fingers' and mummy pizzas are just a few of the fun finds. Click here to see ideas on making your Halloween healthier this year with fresh foods instead of sugary ...
Drinking too many sugary beverages is already frowned upon by researchers and family doctors alike, but the most recent research shows a direct link towards consumption of sugary beverages and health risks. A new study published on September 30th, by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, revealed that people who drink more than two sugary drinks a day had a 35% increase in risk for a heart attack or fatal heart disease. The study also showed that those who consume at least two sugary beverages a day also have a 16% increased risk for stroke and 26% increased the risk for developing type 2 diabetes. These findings show the need for increased knowledge for Latinos, who consume more than one sugary beverage a day, as many studies show Latinos are already at higher risks for ...
Camp Cauliflower is a cooking camp in Novato, Calif., where young students are learning what healthy cooking looks like for one week. Created by 17-year-old high school senior, Elena Dennis, the camp encourages young students to create healthy meals from the garden to the kitchen. Students harvest, cut, chop and cook alongside their older peers throughout the classes, all while learning what it takes to create a well-balanced meal. Elena, interested in starting this camp to encourage healthier diets for younger classmates, wanted to use her passion for cooking and nutrition in her school. She set out to make her dream of Camp Cauliflower become a reality in 2014 by asking food and nutrition director of Novato School District, Miguel Villarreal to help her start her camp. After ...
