Facts

“Only
8% of elementary schools, 6% of middle schools,
and 6% of high schools provide daily physical
education” or its equivalent for the entire
school year.
-CDC SHPPS 2000

“Teenagers
today are drinking twice as much soda as they
are milk”
-Jacobson MF. Liquid Candy: how soft drinks are
harming Americans’ health. www.cspinet.org.sodapop/

“Schools
that offer intensive physical activity programs
see positive effects on academic achievement”,
even when time for physical education is taken
from the academic day – including increased concentration;
improved mathematics, reading, and writing scores;
and reduced disruptive behaviors.
-Shepard RJ. Curricular physical activity and
academic performance. Pediatric Exercise Science
1997;9:113-126
-Sallis JF, McKenzie TL, Kolody B, Lewis M, Marshall
S, Rosengard P. Effects of health-related physical
education on academic achievement: Project SPARK.
Res Q Exer Sport 1999;70(2):127-134

“Schools
with breakfast programs see increases in student
attention, class participation, attendance, and
academic test scores.”
-Powell CA, et.al. Nutrition and education: a
randomized trial of the effects of breakfast in
rural primary school children. Am J Clin Nutr
1998;68(4):873-879
-Murphy JM, and Kleinman RE. The relationship
of school breakfast to psycho-social and academic
functioning: cross-sectional and longitudinal
observations in an inner-city school sample.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998:152(9):899-907
-Meyers AF, et al. School breakfast program and
school performance. Am J Dis Child 1989;143(10):1234-1239