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Obesity as a Disability

Teen Health 101

A common disability which has been plaguing Americans is caused by obesity, which is the leading risk factor for chronic diseases, also known as non-communicable diseases (NCDs). kg/m2, obesity is the leading cause of poor health and early death (CDC). Morbid obesity, BMI > 40.0

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Obesity, Hunger, Inactivity and the Search for Hidden Answers

Physical Education Update

It raises some interesting questions about our perception of the causes of obesity, hunger and lack of activity. tags]physical education,obesity,childhood obesity,inactivity,exercise/code> [/tags] exercise fitness health physical education teaching youth fitness

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Children and Childhood Obesity

Growing Healthy Kids

“Children who have obesity are at greater risk for diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, which have a significant impact on health and healthcare costs. Obesity can also increase the risk for severe symptoms of COVID-19, even among children.

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Frequency of Physical Education Affects Adult Obesity Levels

Physical Education Update

“As public health officials wring their hands about the obesity epidemic, there’s a solution that is relatively low-cost, ready to implement and obvious to anyone involved in school health and physical education. A Solution to the Obesity Problem.

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FiT Work #5 - Childhood Obesity (2021)

Mr. Suarez's Physical Education

FiT Work #5 - Childhood Obesity (2021) Did you know that over the past 30 years, childhood obesity has more than tripled in children your age? In 2010, more than one-third of children across the United States were either considered overweight or obese. Clinical studies have proven that children who are obese are more likely to be obese as adults. In 2012, the total cost to treat medical issues related to obesity in the United States was $176 billion!

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Integrating High-Intensity Interval Training into a School Setting Improve Body Composition, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Physical Activity in Children with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial

PE Scholar

School-based high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness and visceral adipose tissue in children with obesity

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Childhood Obesity Campaigners Call for a Sugar Tax on Chocolate, Sweets and Cereals as Government Misses Key Target to Cut Sugar Out of Snacks

Association for Physical Education

02/12/2022 A target to cut sugar in children’s snacks and meals has been missed by the food industry, in an ‘abject failure’ to tackle child obesity.

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PE Teachers Fighting Childhood Obesity with Lifestyle Lesson Plans

PE Teacher EDU

The post PE Teachers Fighting Childhood Obesity with Lifestyle Lesson Plans first appeared on How to Become a PE Teacher | How to Become a Physical Education Teacher Featured Programs: Sponsored School(s) Sponsored School(s) All school search, finder, or match results, as well as colleges and universities displayed as “Featured School(s)” or “Sponsored Content” are advertisers that compensate us for placement on this site. The resources, editorial content, … Read More.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Eat More Fiber

Growing Healthy Kids

Diabetes and obesity, for starters. childhood obesity Eat more fiber Nancy Heinrich reversing diabetes and obesity Wellness Wednesdays"Only 1 in 10 Americans eat enough fruits and veggies." --CDC study Did you grow up with your mother telling you to eat your vegetables?

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Fall Squash

Growing Healthy Kids

childhood obesity Fall Squash farmers markets Nancy Heinrich preventing diabetes and obesity Wellness Wednesdays"Food is our common ground, a universal experience." James Beard Visiting farmers markets this time of year is pure fun.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Stress and Kids

Growing Healthy Kids

Stress contributes to overeating, anxiety, and sleep disturbances which can all be risk factors for childhood obesity. childhood obesity Nancy Heinrich Stress and Kids stress and obesity"I believe dancing is the best stress reliever." --Dylan Lauren School is starting soon.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Diabetes Matters

Growing Healthy Kids

Kids who are overweight and obese are at higher risk for developing diabetes than kids who are at healthy weights. Childhood obesity is the elephant in the room. We ignore obesity, turn a blind eye, and pretend it is not there.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Lose the (Saturated) Fat

Growing Healthy Kids

Optimal weight should be the goal, as excess weight and obesity makes control of blood sugar more difficult." --Dr. We have become a nation of obese and overweight people. childhood obesity Lose the (Saturated) Fat Nancy Heinrich Reversing diabetes Wellness Wednesdays

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: What You Eat Matters

Growing Healthy Kids

childhood obesity Growing Healthy Kids Nancy Heinrich preventing diabetes What You Eat Matters“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarians.” --Paul McCartney What you eat either feeds disease or heals. Your choice.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Cruciferous Delights

Growing Healthy Kids

childhood obesity Cruciferous Delights Nancy Heinrich preventing cancer"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance." --Martha Graham Eating with the seasons has always been my way.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Eat More Fiber Part 3

Growing Healthy Kids

Dietary fiber plays a critical role in the prevention of diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and colon cancer. Eat More Fiber Part 3 Nancy Heinrich preventing diabetes and obesity

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Eat More Fiber Part 2

Growing Healthy Kids

Eat More Fiber part 2 how to reverse diabetes Nancy Heinrich plant-based eating reversing diabetes and obesity Wellness Wednesdays

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Why I Love Ground Flax Seeds

Growing Healthy Kids

childhood obesity flax seeds Growing Healthy Kids health literacy Nancy Heinrich Reversing diabetes Wellness Wednesdays"I could talk food all day. I love good food." --Tom Brady The best chefs in the world will tell you the same thing: Use the best ingredients you can afford to buy.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Take Time for Yourself

Growing Healthy Kids

Growing Healthy Kids Nancy Heinrich preventing and reversing diabetes and obesity stress and health Take Time for Yourself"Take rest.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Food Insecurity

Growing Healthy Kids

child hunger childhood obesity Dare to Care Food Bank food insecurity Growing Healthy KidsFood Security definition: the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Committing to Change

Growing Healthy Kids

childhood obesity Eric Adams Growing Healthy Kids Nancy Heinrich Reversing diabetes Rich Roll podcast Wellness Wednesdays"We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do." --Michael Greger, M.D.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Striving for Variety

Growing Healthy Kids

Nancy Heinrich New Albany Farmers Market reversing childhood obesity Reversing diabetes Striving for Variety

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: My Farmacy Favorites

Growing Healthy Kids

Growing Healthy Kids My Farmacy Favorites Nancy Heinrich reversing childhood obesity Reversing diabetes Wellness Wednesdays“Let food be thy medicine.” --Hippocrates Photo: Freshly dug sweet potatoes from Shining Light Garden Some people rely on a pharmacy for their medicine to make them well.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Favorite Fall Soups

Growing Healthy Kids

Favorite Fall Soups Growing Healthy Kids Nancy Heinrich preventing diabetes and obesity Wellness Wednesdays"Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup." --Bennett Cerf With fall here, favorite soup recipes start living in my head.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Seeds and Burgers

Growing Healthy Kids

childhood obesity diabetes Growing Healthy Kids plant based kids Seeds and Burgers Wellness Wednesdays"The diet, to be healthy, has to be mostly fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds." --Dr.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Kale & White Bean Soup

Growing Healthy Kids

Growing Healthy Kids Kale and White Bean Soup preventing diabetes and obesity in kids Wellness Wednesdays"I feel that good food should be a right, not a privilege, and it needs to be without pesticides and herbicides. And everybody deserves this food.

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WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS: Kick Ass Chili

Growing Healthy Kids

Growing Healthy Kids Kick Ass Chili preventing diabetes and obesity"Any man that eats chili and cornbread can't be all bad." --Carroll Shelby A couple of years ago, a good friend talked me into entering a local chili contest so there would be a meat-free version for people to sample. I created this excellent recipe for that contest but dreaded having to work in a park using only a propane tank for cooking and heating.

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Recreational Sports Facilities & Physical Education SAVE Taxpayers’ Money!

Physical Education Update

The western world is in the midst of a childhood obesity crisis – a crisis that will result in an astronomical increase in health care costs in the next decade or two. A 2004 Queen’s University study has estimated the Canadian cost of inactivity and obesity (in 2001) to be 9.7

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Get Out of Your Armchair Video Promotes the Benefits of Exercise

Physical Education Update

Obesity and inactivity isn’t just a North American problem. The absence of physical exercise, coupled with unhealthy diet, has turned excessive weight into a major public health problem with over 50% of adults overweight or obese in EU countries. tags]physical education,inactivity,exercise,obesity> [/tags]. Here’s a funny video about the benefits of exercise and the disadvantages of inactivity.

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Politicians! We Need a National Fitness Strategy and a New National Identity!

Physical Education Update

A 2004 study at Queens University in Kingston Ontario, determined that the economic burden of physical activity and obesity in Canada represented $3.2 An American study determined that the total costs from obesity alone, in 1995, was $99.2

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Mandatory Physical Education Could Pay for Obama’s Health Care Plan

Physical Education Update

The latest estimate on the cost of obesity in America is $147 BILLION PER YEAR! That’s right – eliminating obesity and its related illnesses (heart disease, diabetes etc) could provide enough money to fund free health care for every man, woman and child in America!!

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Where Do All the Runners Go?

Physical Education Update

And how many are relegating themselves to a life filled with obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other inactivity-related maladies! tags]physical education,cross-country running,runners,youth fitness,youth inactivity,obesity [/tags].

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

Regular physical activity in children and adolescents promotes health and fitness and helps to reduce obesity and the risk of developing chronic conditions. This recommendation from the CDC is for all students.

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Question: Why Some People Dislike Exercise?

Heartzones

Moreover, individuals who are overweight or obese may struggle with mobility issues and find exercise to be physically challenging. Question: Why Some People Dislike Exercise?

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Question: Why Some People Dislike Exercise?

Heartzones

Moreover, individuals who are overweight or obese may struggle with mobility issues and find exercise to be physically challenging. Question: Why Some People Dislike Exercise?

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Is There a Link Between Periodontal Disease and Diabetes?

Designs for Health

Moreover, periodontal disease and diabetes share some of the same risk factors , such as alcohol consumption, obesity, smoking, stress, and dysregulated blood pressure and lipid status. Is there a link between periodontal disease and diabetes? There might be.

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Should PE get a 'divorce' from HPE?

Learning Through Sport

In creating HPE, PE has been opened up to influence by agencies outside education that are interested in it as a site for health and physical activity interventions to address the “obesity crises”.

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