Tag: youth

  • High School Students need to MOVE!

    CDC: High school students don’t exercise enough High school students aren’t doing much running – and when they do run, there’s a good chance it’s to a vending machine. Roughly one-third of high school students in the U.S. drink two or more sodas, sports drinks, or other sugary beverages per day, but only 15% get…

  • Digital Bullying

    Free to Be… Not Anymore I am sharing this because it really is a whole new world of bullying than when I was a kid. Recently I watched a Dr Drew show on CNN or some other station about bullying and he said something that really struck me. I may have even mentioned it here…

  • Get your kids involved in fighting childhood obesity

    empowerME is a website that inspires the younger generation to eat healthier and move more, to motivate each other, and to be a solution to America’s obesity epidemic. Here’s some of its history: The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. We have…