HEALTH AND FITNESS: Tips for a healthy return to school | Features
This week marks the beginning of another school year for many children in our area. Students, parents and teachers are starting another year filled with opportunities for children to learn and grow through math and science, reading and writing, and art and music.
But children should also learn about good nutrition and physical activity, since both good health and good education are essential for lifelong happiness and success. In most schools, though, most kids won’t experience much meaningful education about nutrition, activity and health.
To be clear, this is not the fault of teachers or individual school leaders who are…