Affluence Found to Affect Students’ Fitness, Obesity Levels

Education Week - Bryan Toporek "Far more students in affluent [...]

January 5th, 2012|Categories: California, Childhood Obesity, Children, Health, Low Income|Tags: Education, School|

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Kids and Video Games: Are You a Concerned Parent?

ChildUp - John ChildUp "While blaming video games seems an [...]

January 4th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Brain, Childhood Obesity, Children, Education, Health, Parenting, Playing, Social Media, Technology|Tags: Education, School|

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The long and short of it

China Daily - Xu Xiaolin "Reading, screen time and a [...]

January 4th, 2012|Categories: Brain, China, Digital Learning, Early Education, Health, Parenting, Technology, Television|Tags: Education, School|

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Battle to stem childhood obesity expected to be a focus of 2012

PRI - Staff Writer "New research shows that kids who [...]

January 4th, 2012|Categories: Behavior, Childhood Obesity, Children, Education, Health, Nutrition, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Academic performance at school linked to exercise

The BBC - Staff Writer "How well children perform in [...]

January 3rd, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Children, Education, England, Exercise, Health, Learning, Parenting, Physical Education, Playing, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Salad bars are a hit at Hurst-Euless-Bedford elementary schools

The Star-Telegram - Sarah Bahari "As part of a plan [...]

January 3rd, 2012|Categories: Behavior, Childhood Obesity, Children, Elementary School, Health, Nutrition, Texas|Tags: Education, schools|

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Kids Who Use Facebook Do Worse in School

Time - Bonnie Rochman “That Facebook is hugely distracting is [...]

August 8th, 2011|Categories: Behavior, Education, Health, Learning, Performance, Research, Social Media|Tags: Education, School|

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Tennessee schools get $3 million for fresh fruit, veggies

The Tennessean - Julie Hubbard “'Our schools play a major [...]

August 5th, 2011|Categories: Education, Health, News, Tennessee|Tags: Education, schools|

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Make veggies fun, and the kids will come

The Miami Herald - Heidi Stevens “We’re all for sneaking [...]

August 4th, 2011|Categories: Childhood Obesity, Children, Education, Health, News|Tags: Education, schools|

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New school year: Emphasis on choice, health, technology

The Miami Herald - Laura Isensee “The Miami-Dade school district [...]

August 4th, 2011|Categories: Education, Florida, Health, Magnet School, Nutrition, School Choice, Technology|Tags: School|

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