Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future
The U.S
. Surgeon General’s Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative has three main goals that will be emphasized on October 6 for Child Health Day. Check out their website for additional information and resources.
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Pe
aceful Playgrounds walking program called
"We Count" provides a curriculum on physical activity and nutrition information including Parent Newsletters, Student Newsletters and teacher mini-lessons. Student and parent newsletters cover topics such as: Getting Started Moving; Activity Choices; Walking Tips; Benefits of Physical Activity; Calories: How Much is Enough?; Portion Sizes: Am I Eating too Much?; and When Bigger is Not Better: Portion Sizes.