Current News & Information

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PE4life in the News   

Getting kids moving (Chattanooga Times Free Press 2/13/2010)

 

PE4life selects Hanawalt Elementary as a model site - (Des Moines Register 2/5/2010)

 

How Revving Up Your Heart Rate, Even A Bit, Pays Off (NPR 2/1/2010)

 

Curriculum ‘goes downhill’ (Titusville Herald 1/12/2010)

Local Leaders Train in PE4life (Pine Bluff Commercial 1/9/2010)

Many Unable To Serve GROUP UNSETTLED ABOUT STATE’S RECRUITING POOL (NWA Online 11/16/2009)

U.S. Sen. Harkin: Harkin secures over $9 million for eastern Iowa education, job creation and flood recovery initiatives (Iowa Politics 12/9/2009)

Physical Activity and Health & Wellness News

PE Teachers Battle Obesity with In-School Gym
New way for kids to get moving, get healthy (NBC Dallas Fort-Worth, 1/21/2010)

Michelle Obama to launch initiative fighting child obesity (USA Today, 1/20/2010)Michelle Obama to launch initiative fighting child obesity (USA Today, 1/20/2010)

 

Obesity won’t improve without reforming PE
Obesity-related health care costs in the United States for one year — 2008 — were an estimated $147 billion, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control study. That’s nearly a quarter of what the latest health care reform proposal will cost over the next 10 years. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 12/9/2009)

Exercise and the Brain

PE4life Featured in Book- SPARK: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by Dr. John Ratey SPARK features PE4life and highlights academic improvements at PE4life Academy Training Centers in Titusville PA and Naperville 203 District. You’ll hear about pioneering PE4lifers Phil Lawler, Paul Zientarski, and Tim McCord in this new book. SPARK is available for purchase in the PE4life Pro Shop. For more information visit Dr. Ratey’s website.