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While physical education has been drastically cut back across the
country — in response to budget concerns and test score
pressures — Naperville Central High School, in the Chicago
suburbs, has embraced a culture of fitness: PE is a daily, graded
requirement. And for one group of struggling students, there’s an
innovative program to schedule PE right before their most
challenging classes. In the six years since that program started,
students who signed up for PE directly before English read on
average a half year ahead of those who didn’t, and students who
took PE before math showed dramatic improvement in their
standardized tests.
Link: Closing the academic gap through fitness education
PE4Life is a national non-profit organization dedicated to
developing a country of active and healthy
youth by increasing access to quality physical education while
engaging these children in a fun and interactive way.
PE4Life
NFL play 60- In October 2007, the NFL launched NFL PLAY 60, a
national youth health and fitness
campaign focused on increasing the wellness of young fans by
encouraging them to be active for at
least 60 minutes a day.
NFL Play 60
Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, dedicated to solving
the challenge of childhood obesity
within a generation, so that children born today will grow up
healthier and able to pursue their
dreams. Combining comprehensive strategies with common sense,
Let's Move! is about putting
children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest
months and years. Giving parents
helpful information and fostering environments that support
healthy choices. Providing healthier
foods in our schools. Ensuring that every family has access to
healthy, affordable food. And,
helping kids become more physically active.
Everyone has a role to play in reducing childhood obesity,
including parents, elected officials from
all levels of government, schools, health care professionals,
faith-based and community-based
organizations, and private sector companies. Your involvement is
key to ensuring a healthy future
for our children.
Let's Move!
The FITNESSGRAM physical fitness assessment is based not on
athletic ability, but on good health. No matter what your
children grow up to become, they will live happier, more
productive lives if they are healthy--and physical fitness is
vital to overall health. FITNESSGRAM provides accurate
and reliable information about your child's level of physical
fitness. The FITNESSGRAM test (and report) includes a number of
different assessments because fitness has multiple components.
Some kids may have good muscular fitness but need improvement on
aerobic fitness. By having a complete report, you (and your
child) will know more about their overall level of physical
condition and how it can be improved.
Fittnessgram
The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) works
to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing
and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to
the nutrition needs of consumers. CNPP is an agency of USDA's
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion--Food Pyramid