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- 12 Ky. Schools Recognized For Efforts To Improve Student Health
A dozen Kentucky schools that participate in the Healthy Schools Program have been recognized for creating a culture of health and wellness in their classrooms. Ja'nel Johnson reports for WKMS, Murray State University's radio station. This is...
- Henderson County Jumps Into The Fight Against Childhood Obesity, A Major Problem In Kentucky
Henderson County is investing in a holistic program to battle childhood obesity, a huge problem in Kentucky, Erin Schmitt reports for the Henderson Gleaner. Childhood obesity is at 18 percent in Kentucky?one of the highest rates in the country?and 35.7...
- Covington Schools Show 'fitness Rocks' By Lowering Body Mass, Lifting The Bars Of Nutrition, Wellness And Academic Achievement
Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools. The schools' Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities in an after-school program four or five days a week to create a healthier community for students, is the reported...
- No-hit Zones In Place In Pediatric Wards Of Kosair And U Of L Children's Hospitals
Health professionals and other employees at Kosair Children's Hospital and the University of Louisville pediatrics unit were given an unusual tool this week when it was announced that their facilities are now No-Hit Zones. A program developed to maintain...
- Nearly $45,000 Awarded To Three Projects That Help Combat Childhood Obesity
Nearly $45,000 from the Blue Grass Community Foundation and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is being invested in three projects that target childhood obesity. The recipients are Seedleaf and East 7th Street Center ($19,998); the YMCA of Central Kentucky...
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New fitness program in Clay County designed to get kids moving
Every fourth- and fifth-grader in the Clay County schools will receive a pedometer as part of a new fitness program designed to combat childhood obesity.
"The goal is to motivate students to be more physically active in a county where one research project found that 47 percent of children were overweight or obese," the Lexington Herald-Leader's Bill Estep reports.
The program integrates physical activity in lesson planning in subjects like math and geography. "It does that through challenges to walk enough steps to get to Houston, for instance, with lessons about the geography or history of places along the route," Estep reports. "We want to see some changes," said Deann Allen, instructional supervisor for the school system.
The program is a venture between the system, Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville and Manchester Memorial Hospital. Kosair is paying for the pedometers, expected to cost about $15,000. A similar program was started in Louisville last year. (Read more)
- 12 Ky. Schools Recognized For Efforts To Improve Student Health
A dozen Kentucky schools that participate in the Healthy Schools Program have been recognized for creating a culture of health and wellness in their classrooms. Ja'nel Johnson reports for WKMS, Murray State University's radio station. This is...
- Henderson County Jumps Into The Fight Against Childhood Obesity, A Major Problem In Kentucky
Henderson County is investing in a holistic program to battle childhood obesity, a huge problem in Kentucky, Erin Schmitt reports for the Henderson Gleaner. Childhood obesity is at 18 percent in Kentucky?one of the highest rates in the country?and 35.7...
- Covington Schools Show 'fitness Rocks' By Lowering Body Mass, Lifting The Bars Of Nutrition, Wellness And Academic Achievement
Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools. The schools' Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities in an after-school program four or five days a week to create a healthier community for students, is the reported...
- No-hit Zones In Place In Pediatric Wards Of Kosair And U Of L Children's Hospitals
Health professionals and other employees at Kosair Children's Hospital and the University of Louisville pediatrics unit were given an unusual tool this week when it was announced that their facilities are now No-Hit Zones. A program developed to maintain...
- Nearly $45,000 Awarded To Three Projects That Help Combat Childhood Obesity
Nearly $45,000 from the Blue Grass Community Foundation and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is being invested in three projects that target childhood obesity. The recipients are Seedleaf and East 7th Street Center ($19,998); the YMCA of Central Kentucky...