Partnering with a University for Health and Fitness

An intermediate school is partnering with a university for health and fitness to help parents and children fight childhood obesity. At Carrigan School in West Haven Connecticut, students and families are learning about nutrition and active lifestyles with help from...

Schools Measuring Students for Body Fat

 In a new effort to control childhood obesity and other health problems new concerns have arisen over schools measuring students for body fat. The Chula Vista school district not only measures the academic progress of Marina Beltran’s second-grader, it also...