Tag: schools
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High-school health fair takes healthy messages to students
Dietitians Josie Crew and Heather Schierer staffed an exhibit on risks of sugary drinks. (Messenger photo by Melissa Mudd) More than 1,000 students participated in Meade County High School’s...
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Students in 2 Appalachian Ohio high schools help reduce classmates’ consumption of sugary drinks, a bane in the region
In a region where sweet-tea and soda is more popular than water, student-led groups in Appalachian Ohio were successful in reducing the amount of sugary drinks students consumed, reports The Ohio...
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Rural children are more likely to be obese, but rural communities have several strategies to fight the problem
Children living in rural areas are about 25 percent more likely to be overweight or obese than children in urban areas, studies show. Rural communities have come up with several...
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Legislature passes bill requiring schools to have trained employees to give insulin and epilepsy medication to students
A bill to require schools to have an employee on duty to administer insulin and epilepsy medication to students is on its way to Gov. Steve Beshear for final action....
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Less than a third of school districts in Ky., which has high child-obesity rates, are in program to increase physical activity
Fifty-four of Kentucky’s 173 school districts have joined a national initiative to increase physical activity in schools, and school officials hope other school districts will soon join in. Let’s Move...
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Poor air quality can make it hard for kids to succeed in school
Poor air quality in schools can affect children’s health and inhibit their learning, one Kentucky school board heard recently as it considered a proposal to improve energy efficiency and air...
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Christian County Public Schools ban brought-in fast food as part of an effort to battle childhood obesity, a big problem in Ky.
Fast food is no longer a lunch option for students in Christian County Public Schools, Margarita Cambest reports for Kentucky New Era after the Board of Education voted to ban...
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Stanton Elementary School, closed almost three weeks because of bat infestation, is scheduled to reopen Wednesday
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Stanton Elementary in Powell County will reopen this week after being closed for almost three weeks because of a bat infestation, school officials said...
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Ky., high in childhood obesity, fights it with better school meals, increased activity requirements and maybe help from Big Bird
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky children are some of the nation’s fattest. In 2011, the last year for which data are complete, Kentucky ranked sixth in the U.S....
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Some schools let kids with live head lice stay; policy change has some Kentucky parents scratching their heads
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News School districts across the country are adopting policies that say students diagnosed with live head lice or nits (louse eggs) can remain in school...