Active and healthy schools get kids moving
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 09:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Last month, first lady Michelle Obama launched 'Let's Move,' a new campaign to combat childhood obesity. The initiative seeks to improve school nutrition programs and promote physical activity. In Missouri, one elementary school is seeing the benefits of incorporating physical activity in their classrooms with the adoption of the Active and Healthy Schools Program. The program, implemented by University of Missouri researchers, has helped to increase kids' activity levels, improve their attention span and reduce discipline problems...