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Healthology: School Health in Action



Arizona's Coordinated School Health Program website. This site provides information about policies and resources needed to establish a School Health Advisory Council in Arizona. ...

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Healthy at HEB Community Challenge – Missouri City Middle School



Dr. Jesus Acosta, principal of Missouri City Middle School, accepts the Healthy at H-E-B challenge and encourages everyone at his school to engage in physical activity. ...

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Healthy Communities Action Teams (HCATs)



In 2009, the Virginia General Assembly voted to give The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) the duty of preventing and reducing childhood obesity in the state. VFHY created Healthy Communities Action Teams (HCAT), which are groups of at least five members who advocate for healthier lifestyles--all with the ultimate goal of reducing and preventing childhood obesity. ...

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Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC): Making Changes to Neighborhood Environments to Increase Access to Healthy Foods and Physical Activity



The Healthy Eating Active Communities (HEAC) program, founded in 2005, helped engage the Baldwin Park Community in efforts to create a Parks Master Plan for the city. As part of the development process residents were asked to conduct park audits and assessments of street walkability. Youth also participated in the development of the plan by using Photovoice as a tool to track park utilization. The community's findings were presented before local policy makers and soon afterwards city officials worked on creating a joint use agreement between the City of Baldwin Park and the Baldwin Park Unified School District (BPUSD). After joint use agreements were established, the city continued to seek additional joint use opportunities with the BPUSD. ...

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Healthy Houston Initiative Announced at Press Conference



Mayor Anise Parker of Houston announced the launch of the Healthy Houston Initiative at a press conference following a September 12, 2012 city council meeting. ...

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Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Central Valley, CA Profile Page



This page describes the how Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities has worked to help the communities of the San Joaquin Valley remove barriers contributing to childhood obesity in the Latino population. ...

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Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities San Antonio Proposal



A slideshow presentation of the Healthy Kids Health Communities proposal from ...

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Healthy School Lunches at Loma Verde Elementary



Loma Verde Elementary in the Novato Unified School District cares for its many students who are from low-income families and on free and reduced lunch by proving students with healthy options and ridding the school of sugary drinks and other junk food. They also participate in garden gleaning to bring fresh, free produce straight from local farms to the school lunch ...

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Healthy School Lunches Bill in Effect July 1



SB490, the bill banning trans fat from all California public schools, goes into effect July 1, ...

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