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In this informative and collaborative session, participants will learn about the physical education and physical activity components of the Healthy Schools Act and the far-reaching benefits of physical activity for students.
You don’t always know who it is: which student had their first drink over the weekend? While you can’t always know exactly who, we do know that more than 70% of DC students have had at least alcoholic drink by the time they leave high school.
According to the National Eating Disorder Association, in America alone, more than 10 million women and 1 million men will struggle with a clinically significant eating disorder at some point in their lifetime.
DC Metro Wellness Symposium welcoming statement and introductions
Speaker Information
Kristina Shelton, DC Regional Coordinator, Action for Healthy Kids
Chronic stress creates long-term activation of the stress-response system. The subsequent overexposure to the stress response system can disrupt almost all your body's processes.
Common Threads will be facilitating a crash course in nutrition for teachers through a series of hands-on activities that translate back to the classroom and support HSA and Common Core standards.
As educators we know that bullying, harassment and isolation can have devastating effects on a young person's academic and socioemotional success in classroom and beyond. LGBTQ youth are at higher risk for these and many other negative outcomes.
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