The holiday season brings many families and friends together to celebrate, visit, and enjoy each other’s company. Holiday celebrations often take place with easy access to high calorie, traditional holiday foods that we have come to associate with the holiday …
Fighting Hunger: How Your School, Family, or Community Can Help
Everyone feels hunger. It is the body’s way of informing us we need food for energy and to carry out life’s everyday functions. For some, having access to foods rich in vitamins and minerals and in the quantities that our …
Expert’s Insights on Childhood Obesity
According to the CDC, in the U.S., the percentage of children and adolescents affected by obesity has more than tripled since the 1970s. Data from 2015–2016 show that nearly 1 in 5 school-age children and young people aged 6 …
Tips to Create Healthier School Environments
It is clear that schools can serve as a great venue to encourage healthy eating and physical activity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends schools be more proactive in creating healthier school environments. For example, schools can …
BMIs in Your Child’s School: Why and what purpose do they serve?
You may have heard or read that your child’s school is assessing his or her health, collecting BMIs, or providing nutrition and physical activity education. What does all this mean to you as a parent or guardian, as well as …
Making “Smarter Schools” Healthier with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation
As many schools are implementing the Smarter Lunchrooms initiative and nudging students toward healthier choices, take a minute to think about what is happening in the rest of the school environment. Are students actively engaged in physical activity throughout the …
Eating Practices at Home: Parents’ Perception
Encouraging healthy eating practices at home provides a model for children that instills long term healthy eating behaviors.
In the fall of 2012, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health collaborated with National Public Radio and the Robert Wood Johnson …