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Creating an Effective Health and Wellness Club at School

SHAPE America

As a physical education teacher at Hebron High School in Carrollton, TX, I developed a Health and Wellness Club for our ninth-grade campus as an initiative to reduce obesity and related comorbidities that are associated with sedentary lifestyles and a lack of physical activity.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Alcohol Consumption & the Cancer Connection

Relentless School Nurse

Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity. Alcohol as a Leading Preventable Cause of Cancer According to the advisory, alcohol consumption ranks as the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, following tobacco use and obesity.

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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. Implement quality daily physical education in every school! A Solution to the Obesity Problem.

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. Educators worry about time spent on learning, the Common Core, and curriculum standards (all for good reason). Therefore, I encourage educators to incorporate more HPE into every classroom, every day.

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Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role?

Reinventing the Game

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? For this reflection, I will limit direct reference to them all as it does create some jadedness from many who work on experience and gut-feel and who may be too overwhelm by the daily reality of education to find space and time to explore a different view.

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FiT Work #5 - Childhood Obesity (2024)

Mr. Suarez's Physical Education

FiT Work #5 - Childhood Obesity (2024) 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. Want to do something to change this trend? Click here to find out how!

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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. Want to do something to change this trend? Click here to find out how!

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