School Health

Advocates Fight Fat: 'School Setting Does Not Support Health'

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

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* Nonprofits want greater role for U.S. Education Department * Health needs to be integrated into school policies -groups ...

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Cancer-Causing Gas Abundant In 70,000 U.S. Schools: Why You'd Never Know

Posted 03.01.2012

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A toxic, cancer-causing gas is threatening the health of students in thousands of classrooms across the country, but many districts aren't doing anyth...

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The Vetri Foundation for Children: A Vision for Healthy Eating and Healthy Living

Charles Howard | Posted 02.11.2012

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Chef Marc Vetri's vision of having every school cafeteria serving family style lunches may be some years away, but at least he has a vision. That vision is slowly coming to fruition, one family meal and one school at a time.

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School Bans Sweets, Students Hit The Gym To Fight Obesity

AP | By LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 12.16.2011

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DANVILLE, Ill. -- Five-year-olds dance hip-hop to the alphabet. Third-graders learn math by twisting into geometric shapes, fifth-graders by calculati...

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Thousands Enter Schools Without Vaccinations At Record Rate

AP | By SHEILA V KUMAR and SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 11.26.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Last year's class of California kindergartners had a record high percentage of parents who used a personal belief exemption to a...

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Back-to-school Can Mean Vaccines For Tweens, Teens

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 10.22.2011

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WASHINGTON — Backpack. Notebooks. Whooping cough shot? If you haven't worried about back-to-school shots since your tween or teen was entering ...

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Nitpicking the Lousy Facts on Head Lice

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 06.11.2011

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Here's a head-scratcher: how can something so tiny create such massive misery? Minuscule though they are, head lice still can wreak months of havoc on a household.

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CPS Appointing Health Czar

Chicago Tribune | Judith Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago Public Schools officials plan to appoint a chief medical officer, a new cabinet level position that will oversee efforts to improve students' ...

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Cycling or Walking to School Will Not Be Tolerated!

William Volk | Posted 11.17.2011

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More than 12.5 million children are overweight in the U.S., up from 13 % in 1999. One would expect schools to be encouraging students to exercise more. One would be sadly mistaken.

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School Janitors Lack Paid Sick Days, Say That Spreads Flu

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some Chicago schools janitors are gathering at a North Side elementary Tuesday morning with a warning for parents. The janitors lack paid sick days an...

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