Banning Junk Food at Schools Works
According to the first nationwide study on the effects of banning junk food sales at schools, recently published in the journal Pediatrics, there is a correlation between such bans and declining weight gain in children, Good Education reports.
Researchers studied data from 6,300 students in 40 states, measuring each student's weight and height in 2004, upon entering middle school, and again in 2007. They also looked at which children lived in states with anti-junk food laws. Children that lived in states with strong laws banning junk food sales at school gained less weight between fifth and eighth grades than
Time for Standing Desks?
Studies show that sitting all day long can shorten our lifespan by at least two years. People who start new desk jobs often notice rapid weight gain as a result of all the sitting around. So why start kids in such unhealthy habits?
According to a new study by Monica Wendel (summarized in Good Education), director of the Center for Community Health Development, and her colleagues at the Texas A & M Health Science Center, first graders can handle the shift from working at traditional sit-down desks to spending more time standing. In fact, according to Wendel, standing