The Lincoln Journal Star – GARY BREDEHOFT
Regular physical activity is an important part of staying healthy and is recommended for children, adolescents and adults. Only 25 percent of adults and less than 50 percent of young people in the U.S. exercise at the recommended levels of regular physical activity. This lack of physical activity is one factor that has contributed to the high prevalence of overweight and obese people in the United States. (more)
Ace – Brett Klika
About one-third of American children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and fewer than 25% of children get the recommended 60 minutes of moderate-intensity physical active per day recommended by the American Medical Association. (more)
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
Hanging out with friends can make kids less sedentary, but having inviting outdoor spaces and nearby parks can help them be more physically active, according to new research. Both are important for kids’ health, said Tracie Barnett, lead author of a study based on data mined from a Quebec-based research group called QUALITY that investigates obesity in children. Barnett focused on neighborhood characteristics and linked them to individual characteristics, including which factors affected how often children were laying around or not getting enough of the recommended daily exercise. (more)
Medical X-Press – Amy Norton
Fewer U.S. kids are plagued by tooth cavities compared to just a few years ago, but income disparities persist, according to a new U.S. government study. Researchers found that in 2015-2016, about 43 percent of children ages 2 to 19 had cavities. That was down from 50 percent four years earlier. (more)
Chico ER – Heather Hacking
Last week I cashed in on an invite to visit Nord Country School and Ernie Dalton’s school garden. It’s not technically his garden, of course, in the same way that any patch of earth is never really our own, only borrowed. It’s what we do with that patch today and tomorrow that makes it our own, for a moment. (more)