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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...
- 'hard Times' Help 13 More Schools In Paducah Area Join About 20 In Federal Program That Gives Free Meals To All Students
Thirteen more schools in the Paducah area will offer free breakfasts and lunches to all students under a provision of the federal school-lunch program, joining about 20 others in the region, reports Genevieve Postelthwait of The Paducah Sun. "Schools...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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W. Ky. elementaries use Baptist Health grants to join national program to fight childhood obesity; results encouraging
Two more West Kentucky schools have joined Project Fit America, a fitness program that targets childhood obesity, to help its students become more fit, reports The Paducah Sun.
East Calloway County and Calvert City elementary schools are the seventh and eighth schools in the area to win a $16,500 grant from Baptist Health Paducah for indoor and outdoor fitness equipment, teacher training and curriculum material, all included with the Project Fit America program.
"We believe as educators it is our responsibility to help our young population begin healthy lifestyles that will follow them into adulthood," Kathy Crouch, East Calloway principal, told the Sun.
Kentucky ranks eighth in child obesity, and U.S. adult obesity is expected to grow from 30 percent of the population now to 60 percent by 2030.
Benton Elementary, which joined the program only last year, has already documented improvement in students' fitness, showing a a 27 percent increase in cardiovascular endurance, 18 percent increase in upper body strength, 12 percent increase in abdominal strength and a 38 percent increase in students who could perform pull-ups.
Project Fit America is a national non-profit group that has worked with nearly 900 schools in 45 states to motivate students, parents and faculty to choose fitness over sedentary lifestyle habits. (Read More. This article is behind a pay wall.)
East Calloway County and Calvert City elementary schools are the seventh and eighth schools in the area to win a $16,500 grant from Baptist Health Paducah for indoor and outdoor fitness equipment, teacher training and curriculum material, all included with the Project Fit America program.
"We believe as educators it is our responsibility to help our young population begin healthy lifestyles that will follow them into adulthood," Kathy Crouch, East Calloway principal, told the Sun.
Kentucky ranks eighth in child obesity, and U.S. adult obesity is expected to grow from 30 percent of the population now to 60 percent by 2030.
Benton Elementary, which joined the program only last year, has already documented improvement in students' fitness, showing a a 27 percent increase in cardiovascular endurance, 18 percent increase in upper body strength, 12 percent increase in abdominal strength and a 38 percent increase in students who could perform pull-ups.
Project Fit America is a national non-profit group that has worked with nearly 900 schools in 45 states to motivate students, parents and faculty to choose fitness over sedentary lifestyle habits. (Read More. This article is behind a pay wall.)
- 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...
- 'hard Times' Help 13 More Schools In Paducah Area Join About 20 In Federal Program That Gives Free Meals To All Students
Thirteen more schools in the Paducah area will offer free breakfasts and lunches to all students under a provision of the federal school-lunch program, joining about 20 others in the region, reports Genevieve Postelthwait of The Paducah Sun. "Schools...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...