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Demise of the deep-fried? Trans fats may become illegal in schoolsi> Read more... Lawmakers consider ban on trans fats in schools Bill pending in Senate; 8 states already have acted Read more... Educator uses footwear to show tobacco deaths Puneet Khan sometimes argues with her father about the number 1,200. Read more... U46: Bartlett mobile classrooms are safe Students who attended classes in mobiles at Nature Ridge Elementary are breathing safe air, according to Elgin School District U46 officials. Read more... SD 162 schools, libraries partner to inspire wellness Matteson School District 162 Supt. Blondean Davis said it's the most creative grant she's ever seen, designed specifically to mold a new generation of slimmer, healthier children. Read more... Kids better off, but needs remain: study Illinois children fare better now than 20 years ago but still face problems in money for education and mental health services, a new study concludes. Read more... School District 33C to remove asbestos Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C will clean asbestos from Schilling Elementary School this summer. Read more... IHSA approves random drug tests Beginning next fall, student-athletes who compete in Illinois High School Association postseason events will be subject to random tests for performance-enhancing drugs Read more... Putting heat on school menus Entrepreneurs focus on boosting healthy lunch, snack choices Read more... Fast food gets its greasy hands on report cards Susan Pagan's 9-year-old daughter recently made the honor roll, but when the Florida mom saw the report card, she was appalled. Read more... Classes resume today at Maud Johnson Class will be back in session today at Maud Johnson Elementary School, a day after a broken water main left the building without water or heat. Read more... Study: Kids will eat healthy school fare School lunch sales don't decline when healthier meals are served, and more nutritious lunches don't necessarily cost schools more to produce, a University of Minnesota study has found. Read more... 'It's not enough' WATER RATION | For 11 weeks, students at Jose de Diego Community Academy have been given as little as half a glass of water a day, since a water main break Sept. 14 uncovered plumbing problems Read more... School to get MRSA scrubdown GRAYSLAKE | 3 cases among students prompt decision Read more... Carry that weight: Backpacks prove to be a real burden for some students The fad of wearing a backpack slung haphazardly over one shoulder did not die with the '80s. It is alive, well and causing strain injuries today. Read more... Charleston schools set up autism team With more children being diagnosed with autism and a greater realization of how it affects their learning, local school district officials decided to get several perspectives on the best way to help. Read more... Gurnee student group picks up trash along the Des Plaines river Student group picks up trash along river Read more... Poll: Most people approve of birth control offered by schools People decisively favor letting their public schools provide birth control to students, but they also voice misgivings that divide them along generational, income and racial lines, a poll showed. Read more... Johns Hill School community pitches in for the fight against diabetes Jacob Hartwig can test his own blood sugar at school, but he still gets his daily shots from mom. Read more... School Lunch The federal government spent about $8.2 billion during the 2005-06 school year to provide free or reduced-cost lunches to more than 30 million schoolchildren in the United States. It's an amount that keeps going up, in part because of inflation and in part because more students keep... Read more... 2 more Naperville students treated for skin infections Two more cases of drug-resistant staph infections have been confirmed in far west suburban Naperville schools, with suspected cases cropping up in Aurora and Northwest Indiana, officials said. Area physicians informed... Read more... Maine school to review pill plan Earlier this month, the Portland School Committee approved a plan that made King Middle School the first middle school in Maine to offer a full range of contraception to pupils in grades 6 through 8, when most are 11 to 13 years old, according to state officials. On Monday, committee member Benjamin Meiklejohn proposed giving parents the option of... Read more... Superbug putting schools to the test Parents, state put heat on educators to increase hygiene in fight against MRSA The threat of drug-resistant bacteria infecting schoolchildren has been scaring parents across America for almost a week, after a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made national headlines. Read more... Sleep-deprived kids won't do as well in school Recent research on children has connected the importance of sleep not only to cognition, but to behavior and mood as well. Read more... Health survey: Schools are shaping up Students get more gym, less junk food ATLANTA - Spurred by the growing crisis in child obesity, the nation's schools have made "considerable improvements" in nutrition, fitness and health over the last six years, according to a new government survey that found that more schools require physical education and fewer sell french fries. Read more... Is Dist. 204 ready to cool down all its schools? Indian Prairie Unit District 204 hopes to cool the debate over air conditioning in elementary schools with some stone-cold research. Nineteen of the district's 21 elementary schools currently don't have air conditioning, causing an uproar among some parents and staff who say the heat in many classrooms during early fall and late spring is unsafe. Read more... Editorial: Defending your ears Bad news for those who were hoping for a band scholarship to help with the college tuition: The latest threat to your kids' hearing isn't rock concerts or iPods or constant parental yelling -- you already knew about those -- it's marching band. Read more... Staph infections prompt health officials to stress hygiene Roughly a third of the population carries methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas, or MRSA, in their nose or on their skin, most likely without being aware of it. A small cut or break in the skin gives the bacteria entry into the body and can cause a serious infection that wards off many antibiotics. Read more... Red Ribbon Week designed to let students show character JOHNSBURG – Inspiration seized sixth-grader Mark Haller seconds after a white Red Ribbon Week banner and paint were set in front of him Tuesday morning. Read more... Parents should follow school policy when it comes to starting school To send or not to send? That was the question facing the mother of a 4-year-old boy with a late August birthday. The preschooler was in the office for his annual physical, but mom was already thinking ahead to next fall's kindergarten start date. Read more... Firefighter teaches fire safety at Jefferson Elementary School STERLING - For about five minutes Tuesday, Jackie Watson had to dance in front of her room full of second-graders. The beat the teacher moved her hips to wasn't the latest pop music hit - it came from the ringing locator beacon on the firefighter suit Josh Willman brought to Jefferson Elementary School. Read more... Top health reasons why kids miss school A day off of school is a treat for any child - except when they're sick. With the new school year just a few weeks old, it might seem a little early to be catching colds or the flu. But the reality is children in classrooms create... Read more... Teaching kids healthy eating A lunch from home often is more nutritious than a lunch prepared at school, said Mary Pat Alfaro, education coordinator in Nutrition Therapy at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. But parents must make good choices and keep portions under control. Read more... Imagine that, children actually walking to school Excitement filled the warm autumn air as pupils arrived Wednesday at Central Elementary School in Des Plaines. Parents snapped pictures. A local alderman shook hands. School officials cheered.The cause of the jubilation: The children had walked to school. Read more... Healthy options few, far between at local schools Editor's note: This is the third in our "School's in Session" series of stories about your children and their schools. In a nation of widening waistlines, the middles of Illinois children are expanding faster than those of their parents, according to... Read more... Woodland schools give allergies new attention Woodland Elementary District in Gurnee revised its guidelines for students who suffer food allergies and now offers nut-free classrooms in kindergarten through... Read more... Treating young ADHD patients without drugs For a year, a kitchen timer went everywhere 3-year-old Eddie Fitzgerald did -- home, playground, day care. Counting down the time before he had to switch activities, fun ones or not so fun, helped the... Read more... As youth suicides increase, FDA's label rule criticized Experts suggest link between warnings, startling new trend Suicide rates for preteens and teenagers increased sharply when the Food and Drug Administration slapped a "black box" warning on anti-depressants and doctors started writing fewer prescriptions for young people, according to federal data released Thursday... Read more...
Study Questions Bipolar Increase CHICAGO- A new analysis suggests there's a huge increase in the number of U.S. children diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but experts question whether the surge is real... Read more... Study: Few teens getting vaccinations ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Only 12 percent of teens got a meningitis shot that is recommended by U.S. health officials, according to a government survey released Thursday... Read more... Kids program to fight obesity wins state award Eat less. Exercise more. OK, OK, so you've heard it a thousand times.But there are millions who may be fairly new to the message: our kids... Read more... Illinois 14th in child obesity State's adult rate falls in the middle new analysis shows In a nation of ever-expanding waistlines, Illinois children are even more likely to be losing the battle of the bulge than adults in the state, according to a new analysis of government data released Monday... Read more... Study questions school defibrillators SEATTLE --A nationwide push to put portable defibrillators in every school, a response to several high-profile student deaths, may not be worth the cost, a new study concludes... Read more... Five for frying The debate over school lunches attracts celebrity chefs, angry parents and expert dieticians, many of whom vilify lunch ladies and school administrators while taking a "my way or the highway" approach to nutrition reform. But last year, local conscious caterer and professional chef Greg Christian founded the Organic School Project... Read more... Huckabee warns of obesity epidemic Huckabee - who left office in January after having been governor since July 1996 - implemented several programs to battle weight problems in Arkansas, including having public schools measure students' body fat... Read more... Athletes line up for EKGs Debated elsewhere, it's mandatory in this district It probably wasn't the birthday gift that Amir Durakovic was expecting. Twelve wires, one for each year of his life, flowed from an electrocardiogram machine and were attached to his body as he lay on a gurney 10 days ago in the gym at Lincoln Hall Middle School... Read more... Poll: Stress divides young by gender NEW YORK --Stressed out by your high-pressured job? Don't assume your kid is any less stressed out by school. Especially if she's a she. Young people experience stress at a high rate, and females more than males, an extensive Associated Press/MTV survey shows. A similar divide exists in terms of fears and... Read more...
CHICAGO - More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests... Read more... Abstinence programs don't prevent HIV Abstinence programs for HIV prevention do not work, according to a review of randomized, controlled trials. The analysis, published in the August issue of The British Medical Journal, covered 13 studies involving more than 15,000 young Americans... Read more... Study finds children can learn early to eat healthy Lessons picked up as kids can carry over into adult life DALLAS --Teaching children from a young age to eat a low-fat diet can be effective -- even as they reach their teens and begin eating more meals away from home, according to a new study. The study of children in Finland found that those who were taught... Read more... Lincolnwood Schools to give athletes EKGs HEALTH | Will be among 1st to require heart exams Each year, at least 300 seemingly healthy young adults die, often on the playing fields, after going into sudden cardiac arrest. The Lincolnwood School District is taking a bold step to prevent that from happening to their kids... Read more... Kids not biting on free breakfast program CPS | Just 29% here get one, lagging other big cities Only 29 percent of Chicago public school kids who are entitled to a free school breakfast are getting one -- the worst record among nearly two dozen... Read more... Editorial: The failure of abstinence ed Congress has spent $1.5 billion in the last 10 years on programs that deliver a single message: Abstain from sex until you marry. That's a good message for young people about how to stay healthy and safe. Taken alone, though, it doesn't appear to be a terribly effective message... Read more... CDC recommends 3 new vaccines for schoolchildren Target: meningitis, whooping cough, cervical cancer As students get up-to-date on their vaccines for the school year, health officials are recommending three new vaccines for preteens. The vaccines help protect against... Read more... School to dish out food rules Woodland Elementary District's board president said he expects a beefed-up food policy will be enacted for students, but it might fall short of what was pursued by one parent... Read more... Physicians urge ban on soda in schools They also want kids in gym class every day Read more... Danville pilots healthy school program DANVILLE – Sure, kids go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Read more...
Mark Smith is convinced he can turn a generation of junk-food eaters into die-hard devotees of what he calls "the salsa of this decade." The dynamo treat? Single-serve... Read more... Catering to schools' desire to slim down Food service industry eager to get piece of lucrative lunch business Soy protein tortillas. Chipotle-lime sunflower seeds. Garbanzo bean dip. Yum. These healthy foods were among the options for public school menus... Read more... Walking to school goes by wayside Study finds fewer than half of kids who live near classes get there under their own power ATLANTA -- Fewer than half of American children who live close to school regularly walk or bike to classes, according to a new study that highlights... Read more... Overweight kids face widespread stigma NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Overweight children are stigmatized by their peers as early as age 3 and even face bias from their parents and teachers, giving them a quality of life comparable to people with cancer... Read more... Boy with diabetes gets boost from classmates Chris Myers' second-grade classmates were getting suspicious. They wanted to know why the West Englewood boy was absent for a couple of weeks. Why did he need a snack every day at 9:15 a.m.? And why did he have to make all those trips to... Read more... Snacks getting flack Woodland the latest district to consider health guidelines Thanks to a parent suggestion, Woodland Elementary District officials will consider creating a safe-and-healthy snack policy. Gurnee-based Woodland District 50 plans to tackle the issue this month in response to a request by... Read more... Deaf to healthy message Despite good intentions, nutritional campaigns mostly failing PANORAMA CITY, Calif. - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion this year on nutrition education - fresh carrot and celery snacks, videos of dancing fruit, hundreds of hours of lively lessons about how great you will feel if you... Read more... Free lunches there for kids Many in U-46 who need them skip Thousands of Illinois children who rely on free lunches during the school year will receive meals this summer through... Read more... |
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