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Healthy Eating Plate Is a Better Version of MyPlate and the Food Pyramid

Physical Education Update

government unveiled the “MyPlate” diagram, intended to give Americans a visual reminder for the proportions of the different components needed for healthy eating. So, a group of colleagues at the Harvard Health Publications and the Harvard School of Public Health got together to create an improved version.

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How I Received Grants for My Physical Education Classes

SHAPE America

Bicycle Grants The CYCLE Kids grant (valued at $25,000) provides schools with 10 new bikes, helmets, a bike pump, and textbooks that teach cycle basics as well as nutrition. We have the bikes at my school for as long as we use them and teach the nutrition curriculum. Additional Resources CYCLE Kids PHIT America health.

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‘It’s Listening’: Addressing Maternal Health Disparities

Stanford Childrens

Throughout her career and her life, Irogue Igbinosa, MD , a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and clinical assistant professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, has always noticed disparities in health outcomes for pregnant Black women. It’s just listening to them that can make a difference.”

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5 Keys To Improve Health & Fitness In Your Community

Skillastics

When people think of health and fitness, some think of physical attributes, such as size or weight. However, when describing a community, “health and fitness” reaches far beyond physical attributes. Healthy communities offer many other total-life benefits, including: Better Mental health. Are they fit and trim?

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Physical Education Waiver Form – The Opt Out Era of PE

PLT4M

Still, they do not address or replace the complete picture of health, fitness, and wellness that physical education does. Physical education presents the best opportunity to instill lifelong skills and values around healthy living. For example, Ohio allows school districts to create an opt-out policy for various reasons.