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Physical Education Physical education guidelines for healthier, happier, longer and more productive living http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-physical-guidelines-healthier-happier-longer.html

International Guidance: UNESCO Quality Physical Education Guidelin…

HHS’ CDC’s Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) is now available.

If you are selecting or developing appropriate and effective health education curricula, enhancing your existing health education curriculum or improving the delivery of health education:

CDC's Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) is a resource The HECAT now includes guidance, appraisal tools, and resources needed to conduct a clear, complete, and consi…

The School Employee Wellness Website has just released a new product that is free to download called:
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WELLNESS: A Guide for Protecting the Assets of Our Nation's Schools. It is a comprehensive guide that provides information, practical tools and resources for school employee wellness programs. It will help schools, school districts and states develop and support the implementation of school employee wellness programs that pro…

Virgin Healthmiles, part of British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group empire, is trying to take wellness and weight loss to another level. Insurance company Humana is rolling out the high-tech Virgin Life Care system, which lets employees rack up points for exercise. They can redeem the points for gift cards from Target to Home Depot, Bass Pro Shops to Best Buy.

The program has been slow to take off, though.

"Companies are alread…

Source: General Mills
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Eligibility: Hamburger Helper will give funds directly to the public school, 501(c)(3), or 501(c)(4) entity, such as civic leagues and social welfare organizations, that sponsors an application for funding (“Qualifying Organizations”). Visit www.myhometownhelper.comfor more information.

Purpose: General Mills Sales, Inc. (“General Mills”) and Hamburger Helper are searching f…

Healthy schools teams in Campbell County have come up with creative ways to fulfill the goals of the Healthy Schools Initiative. Put simply it is someone who would lead students in activities outside of recess and physical education class to increase their daily physical activity.

For schools that added the wellness coordinator they are getting promising results. Namely they are reporting increased concentration on the part of students and fewer …

The Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge Toolkit was developed by Action for Healthy Kids, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and with input from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Education and other leading health and education organizations.

This turn-key guide for hosting a local Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge event includes all necessary information to prepare, publicize, and carry-out a …

Hawaii companies are recognizing that it's cheaper to keep employees healthy than hire new ones.

More and more Hawaii businesses have come to realize that fit employees make for fit companies. There's a growing recognition among Hawaii companies that obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, sleep disorders and anxiety prevent employees from doing their jobs, as well as raise insurance premiums and health-care costs. Island compani…

Healthy Schools Campaign and School Health Corp. are pleased to announce the release of "The Quick & Easy Guide to School Wellness", a multimedia how-to guide filled with comprehensive information, practical advice, tools and resources. The guide made its debut at the National Association of School Nurses conference in Nashville, Tenn. with positive and enthusiastic reviews from school nurse leaders in attendance.

The guide, availa…

Wellness is a hot topic among parents and students in Lawrence public schools and school leaders say that means their controversial policy to help improve nutrition and fitness is a hit. Watch video of school board discussion.

District staff on Monday reported to the school board their progress on wellness goals set about a year ago. More than 75 percent of nutrition and nutrition education goals have been met, staff reported. Whole-grain foods…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) in collaboration with the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA), the CDC Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ) are undertaking a collaborative project to identify and assess policies or programs that have been implemented with apparent success in improving the eating habits and physical activity levels of chi…

National Health-Through-Fitness Day in March a success. Advocates walked the halls of Congress campaigning for two physical activity initiatives - the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) and the PHIT (Personal Health Investment Today) Bill.

PEP provides grants to local school districts to purchase equipment and train teachers in innovative physical education methods. The PEP program has successfully enhanced K-12 physical education …