Growing Healthy Kids

AUGUST 25, 2021

On another occasion I was asked to teach a series of nutrition workshops for kids who have been abused and/or neglected living in a residential shelter. Dietary fiber plays a critical role in the prevention of diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and colon cancer. After all, we are Growing Healthy Kids, one child at a time!

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

By teaching students the basics of exercise, nutrition, and healthy habits, they can develop the skills to make smart lifestyle choices that will benefit them for a lifetime. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to teaching physical fitness. And nothing kills more Americans than heart disease and stroke.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Physical Education programs teach children the skills and knowledge needed to establish and sustain an active lifestyle. Examples of physical education include teaching concepts and building skills around things like muscular strength, endurance, mobility, cardiovascular health, and more. ” – Shape America.

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PE with Palos

MARCH 11, 2022

The inactivity of children has turned childhood obesity into a global epidemic and according to Benioff Children’s Hospitals , media use has been identified as a main contributing factor. The MyPlate Real Plate is a teaching aid used at mealtimes to show food groups and portion sizes for each meal.

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Heartzones

MARCH 24, 2022

It is a smart way to fight the prevalence of childhood obesity. Heart Zones has had the biggest impact on my teaching in 25 years.”. It is a way to market to your stakeholders (parents-guardians, administration, the student) that PE is the most important class in your school.

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Elementary PE Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2018

American kids face an obesity crisis. Teaching PE is a stressfuland exhausting job, and sometimes it can feel impossible to be energetic by the end of the day. Kids are spending more time indoors in front of electronics and less time engaged in physical activity. According to a CDC study released in August 2018 , 18.4%

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Spark PE

JANUARY 14, 2022

Physical activity provides many health benefits to children and adolescents [SJ3] , mainly related to mental health, obesity, and risk factors for future chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Physical education should teach through physical activity, and there are several evidence-based programs available, including SPARK.

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AKA Sports

APRIL 21, 2021

Teens don’t always make the best decisions for their health so it is our responsibility to teach them and to provide them opportunities to make the healthier choices each day. Explain WHY you are making these changes and you may be surprised to see they will start to make these changes too.

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Physical Education Ideas

JUNE 15, 2019

For any parent or teacher scared of teaching yoga, throw on an episode of Cosmic Kids. Too much screen time and not enough physical activity are leading to growing rates of childhood obesity. Kids also improve strength when they climb or even wrestle. Let them wrestle. Flexibility can happen with stretching exercises.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

If we pause to take a panoramic view of our current landscape, we are reminded that our country has an obesity epidemic, rise in hypokinetic diseases, as well as mental health concerns. Teach students how to learn and to love learning. The gym is not the only place where students can move, interact and learn by doing.

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Aspire-Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Helen’s first course ‘Inspiring Early Years PE, Physical Activity and Physical Development’ is aimed at those who teach PE in schools to nursery and reception children, coaches, and PE leads, providing them with an understanding of the how and why. This is Helen Battelley’s second course for Aspire:ED.

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Heartzones

MAY 11, 2022

Teaching our students accountability. Show them the facts and the statistics of childhood obesity and how important physical education is for them. As a whole, our department immediately fell in love with the concept and wanted to start using heart rate monitors as soon as possible.

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Better Coaching

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Coaches need to focus on teaching the fundamentals of the game. Always support the coaches and try not to tell them something different than their coach is teaching them. YFO: What is the best way to teach handling adversity? Teach what they need to be attending to. Keep it simple and work those fundamentals.

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