Physical Fitness
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Flatten the Bell Curve: Teach Winning, Not Losing
Challenge traditional grading! Discover how schools can move beyond sorting students into 'winners' and 'losers' and instead foster an environment where every s -
Prevent Childhood Obesity: The Simple Pull-Up Solution
Discover a former educator's straightforward solution to childhood obesity. Learn how the ability to do a pull-up correlates with a healthy weight in children. -
Pull Your Own Weight: Every kid has a body
Discover why the physical self is a foundational aspect of every child's being, often overlooked in modern education's focus on academics. Explore the critical ... -
Strong Kids Arm Themselves Against Obesity For Life
Discover an easy, preventative approach to childhood obesity. Learn how simple physical challenges, like a pull-up, can empower kids and foster lifelong healthy -
FORE Score: Accurate Body Composition Feedback Beyond BMI
Discover why BMI often fails to provide accurate body composition feedback. Learn how the FORE Score offers a more reliable assessment of your fitness ... -
Girls Can’t Do Pull Ups! Oh Really?
Discover how elementary school girls are proving stereotypes wrong by mastering pull-ups, often outperforming boys. This simple exercise is a powerful tool in p -
Bureaucracy, BMI, and Battling Childhood Obesity
Explore the CDC's role in childhood obesity prevention. Uncover the challenges of a large bureaucracy and its impact on funding and initiatives to combat ... -
More PE in schools: A cost effective alternative
Childhood obesity is rising while school PE declines. Discover how increasing physical education can be a cost-effective and vital part of the solution, even ... -
Mandatory recess in Florida’s public elementary schools?
Florida lawmakers will review a bill next year proposing mandatory 20-minute daily recess for elementary students. Discover how this could impact schools and st -
BMI, CDC, the NFL and childhood obesity prevention
Explore how the CDC's BMI guidelines and the NFL's structured approach can inspire effective strategies for childhood obesity prevention in 2016.
