Sentences with phrase «as opportunities for physical activity»

Wellness Policies Promote Healthy Choices The federal mandate for schools to adopt written wellness policies has prompted many to focus on cafeteria and snack items as well as opportunities for physical activity.

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The Beverages Council views this as a missed opportunity to provide meaningful dietary advice for all Australians based on current dietary and physical activity behaviour.

The «Exemplary» level includes opportunities for physical activity regularly incorporated into other subject areas, and classroom teachers provide short physical activity breaks between lessons or classes, as appropriate.

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Besides the physical benefits of being outdoors, for the purpose of physical activity, other valuable learning opportunities may also arise as your children encounter objects in nature or other subjects that captivate their attention.

D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation Physical activity opportunities including access to recreation centers, fields, playgrounds, and other facilities as directed by the D.C. Healthy Schools Act to provide for schools.

The new USDA / HHS Guidelines are not entirely bad — for example, they recommend limiting added sugars, tossing the hydrogenated oils, and even limiting fruit juice, and they advocate sidewalks, parks, and safe neighborhoods as ways to provide people with opportunities to increase physical activity — but they provide an awfully strange definition of the phrase «nutrient dense» that leads them to advocate a diet that is anything but.

They said that schools want to help children be as active as possible — the top three objectives for school customers to improve their outdoor facilities are to increase opportunities for active outdoor play (85.7 per cent), physical activity (68.5 per cent) and outdoor learning (62.8 per cent).

My role as an educator has been to provide a positive influence for my students, promote well - being through physical activity as well as expose them to opportunities to take an active role in the community.

Key elements of service programs (such as positive relationships with adults, opportunities to develop social competence, and involvement in a local community) are cited as powerful protective factors for young people and recent Australian studies have demonstrated a correlation between service activity and reduced rates of depression, isolation, mental disorders, psychological stress and (in some cases) even physical health conditions (Berry, 2007).

Students need opportunities for physical activity and to fully embrace regular physical activity as a personal behavior.

Not only does it set the stage — as research tells us — for improved classroom behavior and performance, but it provides for them an additional physical activity that can connect them with friends, get them to a library, or just generally give them the opportunity to safely race around their neighborhood!

The Reach Institute for School Leadership affords equal opportunity to all students, and other participants without regard to race, color, religion, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (as defined under California law), veteran status, family care status, sexual orientation, sex (which includes gender and gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), taking or requesting statutorily protected leave, or any other basis protected by law.)

This can serve as a beacon of good health for local residents, boost community safety, and increase children's opportunities for physical activity.

The program allows opportunities for couples to openly express their feelings to each other through physical activities, such as a foam roller fights or hitting a punching bag to release anger.

Outdoor play brings increased opportunities for imaginative and creative play, as well as increasing children's levels of physical activity.

Make sure that some family outings offer opportunities for physical activity, such as playing sport together...

Sport is a common form of physical activity in youth and can make an important contribution to their overall physical activity and energy expenditure [5 — 7] and future physical activity as an adult [8], as well as develop motor skills and provide opportunities for social interaction [9].