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Get Your Child Ready for School With a Yearly Well Visit

Stanford Childrens

As you gear up for another school year, scheduling a back-to-school well visit with your family pediatrician should be on your to-do list. Well visits are a proactive way to catch any potential health issues before they become actual problems. Sabey said.

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Walking for Life: One Step at a Time

Gopher Sport

It is used to transport the body (to school and back, to the store and back, to the bus and back, or to the car and back). Walking can also impact our physical, mental, social, and emotional wellness. Walking can also elevate our heartrates and improve our cardiovascular fitness with lower impact than running or other activities.

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Healing with Heart: Monica Patino’s Mission in Support of Latinx Families

Stanford Childrens

She’d wanted to be a nurse from the time she was growing up in Colombia and had the chance to shadow a nurse at a hospital when she was in middle school. I was the only Spanish-speaking child at my school, and it was a huge transition. “It But she had an uphill battle after moving to Ohio from Colombia when she was 12. “I

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FITT Principle For Physical Education

PLT4M

Was our Tuesday session focused on cardiovascular activity or muscular strength? As a result, students can create a lasting positive connection with fitness to pursue long-term health and wellness. You can also provide guiding questions that help students, like: Was our Monday strength training day low intensity or high intensity?