Sentences with phrase «increase opportunities for physical activity»

Open and shared use policies can increase opportunities for physical activity and play among families.

Released jointly last March by the National Dairy Council (NDC), GENYOUth Foundation, the American College of Sports Medicine and the American School Health Association, The Wellness Impact directly addresses how schools can play a vital role in shaping the future through a combination of improved nutrition and increased opportunities for physical activity.

The report addresses how schools can play a vital role in shaping the future through a combination of improved nutrition — specifically school breakfast — and increased opportunities for physical activity.

A new study shows that workplace wellness programs can be effective in helping people lose weight by providing healthier food choices and increasing opportunities for physical activity, particularly if these efforts are designed with the input and active participation of employees.

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Students at Granville Middle School in Ohio wrote a FUTP60 grant for $ 3800 that will help them provide nutritious breakfast foods for their peers while also increasing the opportunities for students» physical activity.

We must also increase the opportunities for exercise and physical activities through programs like the President's Physical Fitness Chphysical activities through programs like the President's Physical Fitness ChPhysical Fitness Challenge.

Genetic screening could be considered for the exceptionally overweight child, but for the remainder, the increase of physical activity, reduction of screen time recreation and the improvement of school lunch nutritional value presents opportunity to start reversing the current childhood obesity trend.

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.

Lunch time provides the perfect opportunity for a marked increase in physical activity.

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).

The innovative project will create opportunities for busy families to take part in and increase their physical activity across the week and to provide tips and ideas about quick, simple and cheaper ways to eat healthier.

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).

Enhancing regular physical activity opportunities for the community and also having the ability to provide a site which can strengthen the PE curriculum and extracurricular provision, contributes to a healthier community and an increase in the school's PE GCSE results.

For example, incorporate physical activity in order to increase alertness and focus for lessons that are factually rich and have limited opportunities for student interactiFor example, incorporate physical activity in order to increase alertness and focus for lessons that are factually rich and have limited opportunities for student interactifor lessons that are factually rich and have limited opportunities for student interactifor student interaction.

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

Smart Choices is a partnership between ISD 191, Dakota County Public Health and the Minnesota Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) which focuses on creating a healthier school environment by increasing opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity to support student achievement and learning for all students in the district.

By not allowing kids to play unsupervised outdoors and be in situations where they must assess risk for themselves, parents limit «essential learning and developmental opportunities for children, while also reducing their physical activity and increasing sedentary behaviours.»

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

The key program delivery model will be the formation of 4 - H family clubs to provide Native American youth and families opportunities to create and share healthy and nutritious meals, build family relationships and increase opportunities for safe recreation and physical activity.