Lose It For Ever – Dave Elger

Students have walked during recess on Wednesdays for almost two years in three teams to match the distance of the Pacific Crest Trail. -School exercise in walking is cause for a celebration

MY COMMENT:  Congratulations to Cindy Morehart for implementing this fabulous, yet simple progam!.

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Approximately 7.7 food commercials per hour appeared in programming on the children’s networks, which is approximately 1 food commercial every 8 minutes.

Eighty percent of MTV food commercials were for fast food restaurants, sugar-added beverages, and sweets -nutritionnews.com

MY COMMENT: Everybody knows about this but what can be done? Get your kids outside, limit tv time, and refuse to buy unhealthy foods.

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Overweight and obese children who were taught to read food labels and how to choose healthy options were able to lose weight during a two-year study. -emaxhealth

MY COMMENT: The kids (age 10-14) in the treatment group also exercised and tracked what they ate.

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…preschoolers were inactive for much of their preschool day, with 89 percent of physical activity characterized as sedentary. Even when they played outside, a time when children are expected to move around, 56 percent of their activities were sedentary. -physorg.com

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Youth who study just a short walk from a fast-food outlet eat fewer fruit and vegetables, drink more soda and are more likely to be obese than students at other schools, according to research published Tuesday.  -news.yahoo

MY COMMENT:  No surprise here.

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