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With childhood obesity levels on the rise in the U.S., more experts are looking at how to prevent high cholesterol in youth to help avoid serious health problems later in life.

Esko Health teacher Susan Northey was named Minnesota's Society of Health and Physical Educators (MN SHAPE) "Health Teacher of the Year." Northey has taught in Esko since 1991. The MN SHAPE press release noted that Northey's greatest strength as ...

DETROIT—Peggy Ruckes, a retired Detroit school teacher, is the first to admit she's got problems with her knees and hips from sitting too much. She's working to change that by using an exercise platform first designed to get kids moving in the classroom that has transformed since the pandemic to

RESTON, Va. — SHAPE America (The Society of Health and Physical Educators) in mid-December announced that former Fort Plain resident David Kellett, a 2006 graduate of Fort Plain High School, has been selected as the organization’s Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year for the Eastern Dis

An assistant professor of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education Department of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science ( SHAPE) America. SHAPE is the voice for more than 200,000 health and physical education professionals nationally, having served as the foundation for well-designed physical education programs across the country. A Health and Physical Education ( HPE) Assistant Professor at Erin Centeio was also appointed to the As part of her role on the board, Centeio wil...

As many students begin returning to campus after a year of being mostly stuck indoors during school hours staring at screens, some districts in California are cutting the programs that advocates say students need more than ever: physical education. Faced with declining enrollment, several school districts are trying to save money by laying off or reassigning PE teachers. Hermosa Beach School District, an elementary district south of Santa Monica, laid off its only PE teacher in February. In Cap...

Daily exercise may be even more important for kids’ mental and physical health now than it was before covid.

By Doug Barrett Feb 7, 2021 12:28 PM The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to 779,000 last week. That’s the lowest in two months but still a historically high total that shows that a sizable number of people continue to lose jobs to the viral pandemic. Before the virus erupted in the United States in March, weekly applications for jobless aid had never topped 700,000, even during the Great Recession.   The services sector, where most Americans work, operated in J...

By Pat Sweeney Feb 2, 2021 8:49 PM Randy Votava, physical education teacher at South Middle School, has been named the North Dakota Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) Middle School Teacher of the Year.   The Middle School Physical Education Teacher Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated continuous dedication to the advocacy and enhancement of student learning in physical education at the middle school level. The nominees, by outstanding teacher performance and...