PE4life News Archives
Looking for an article related to physical education, obesity or PE4life? Check our 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 archives.
2009
One School Tackles Childhood Obesity Statistics
Deskercise: Staying Jazzed and Focused at School
School PE Program Fights Childhood Obesity
Get fit ’down there’: 10 Health Trends for 2009
District 203 Honors "voice of new PE"
Madison’s Focus Still on the Students
Childhood Diabetes Drug Use Doubles
Iowa Business Council Announces PE4life “Adopt-A-School Challenge”
2008
PE4life to be Used in 10 Schools
Daily PE Lesson to Help Kids Fight Battle of Bulge
New Center Boosts Student Fitness
Obesity Rates on the Rise Throughout County, State
HCF Announces Grant to Expand PE4life into Six School Districts Throughout Greater Kansas City
TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists Say
KCPT’s Nick Haines , KC Area Taking In-Depth Look at "Generation XL"
Supersized P.E.: 10 Tips to Help Overweight Kids Get Healthy
2007
As Obesity Fight Hits Cafeteria, Many Fear a Note From School (Jodi Kandor/New York Times 1/8/07)
WMAQ-NBC5 recently ran a story on the positive effects of a daily PE4life program on students’ academic performance. This Chicago NBC affiliate produced a feature on the PE4life Academy in Naperville and the incredible results they are seeing as they have students exercise in PE class prior to reading and math classes. Some of the students used to read below their grade level, and they struggled in math. But now, a daily dose of sweat has pumped up their math and reading scores, NBC5’s Nesita Kwan reported. They begin every school day in a gym class that flows right into academic curriculum.The video the kids watch while exercising is of a book they’re reading, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
In the literacy class, the students participating in the “Learning Readiness PE” class increased their reading level a half a grade level more than the students without PE. Those with PE actually increased their reading ability 1.4 grade levels in one semester.
In the math experiment, those with “Learning Readiness PE” prior to math increased their algebra readiness by an average of 20% compared to 2% in the students without PE.
Read the full article on the station’s website.
Watch the video that aired 5/10/07.
2006
KC Health Foundation Awards Grants (Kansas City Business Journal 11/16/06)
China Vows to Improve Youngsters’ Health (China View 12/24/06)
Lock up the Children (Dale Meyer (guest commentator)/The Tribune 12/10/06)
No Child Left Out of the Dodgeball Game? (Helyn Trickey, CNN 8/24/06)
Panther Fitness Club (Laura Boyce / The Citizen 12/12/06)
Sporting Scheme (The Times of India 4/1/06)
Getting Fit Glued To The Tube: The sporting goods biz is using video games to pry potatoes off the couch (BusinessWeek Online 10/16/06)
Schools help parents fight childhood obesity (Janet Shamlian/NBC News 9/13/06)
Spotlight on Health and PE: PE4life Gets Kids Moving Every Day (Tim McCord & Rhonda Wagonseller/ Middle Ground 9/1/06)
House Call With Dr. Sanjay Gupta (Dr. Sanjay Gupta 3/4/06)
Time to Revamp PE (Laura Vanderkam 3/6/06)
Breast-Fed Babies May Have a Leg Up in the Battle Against Childhood Obesity (New York Times 6/13/06)
Mothering Styles Tied to Obesity Rates, Study Says (Carla Johnson/ Associated Press 6/5/06)
Obesity- the New Frontier of Public Health Law (New England Journal of Medicine 6/15/06)
One-third of U.S. kids are out of shape, study finds (Nanci Hellmich/USA Today 10/3/06)
2005
Local School Wins National Recognition for Physical Education Progam (Keith Gushard, Meadville Tribune 11/15/05)
F as in Fat 2005: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America 2005 (Trust for America’s Health)
California Task Force Report
2004
Modest Increase in PE Can Help Cut Number of Overweight Young Girls (The Rand Corporation 8/27/04)
With Youth Sports, Who Are We Kidding? (USA Today 5/6/04)
Childhood Time Bombs (Ivanhoe Broadcast News 5/10/04)
Fun fitness tips to keep the kids in shape ("Today Show" 3/25/04)
Kentucky Gets Kids in Shape
2003
A plan to ’Get Kids in Action’ (Michelle Healy/USA TODAY 7/20/03)
CDC 1 in 3 Kids may get diabetes (American Diabetes Association 6/1/03)
Community-Campus Partnerships For Health (The Center For The Health Professions/University of California, San Francisco 3/14/03)
Kids need schools’ help to get healthy (Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY 5/19/03)
Lesson Planning Center (Teacher Vision 9/1/03)
NPR Audio Commentary By Frank Deford (NPR 3/12/03)
Obese Children and Their Parents Report Impaired Quality of Life (Univeristy of California San Diego/Health Sciences 4/8/03)
Obesity Rate Could Reach Nearly 40 Percent In Five Years: Reports Address U.S. Epidemic Among Adults, Causes, Treatments (USA Today 2/7/03)
School Health Policies and Program Studies (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 5/1/03)
P.E. classes plugging in to what moves the kids (USA Today 5/15/03)
Schools are skipping P.E. (Vicki Kemper, Los Angeles Times 9/30/03)
FIT for LIFE (PBS News Hour -- Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago 1/1/03)
Grundy Center fitness institute will be a model for the nation (Jessica Miller, Waterloo-Cedar Rapids Courier 5/2/03)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER TIM MCCORD TAPPED AS EXPERT BY NATIONAL MEDIA (Gordon Ovenshine/SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY 2/19/03)
Young Adult Fitness Protects Heart Health in Middle Age (National Institutes of Health 12/16/03)
Congress rolls out plans to trim fat from kids, not just the budget (Karen MacPherson/Post-Gazette National Bureau 9/16/03)
Obesity ’a threat’ to U.S. security- Surgeon general urges cultural shift (Kim Severson/San Francisco Chronicle 1/7/03)