Healthy Schools Create Healthy Students! In her Prescription
for a Healthier Michigan, Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Michigan Surgeon
General, calls on schools to play an essential role in preserving and promoting
community health. "Michigan schools have deep roots in each community," she
says. "They have the structure, the credibility and the opportunity to influence
the health and wellbeing of our children, as well as to provide a foundation
for academic achievement and success."
Do you know if students in your school...
learn about the importance of physical activity and
healthy eating in the classroom, and then experience cuts in recess
time and physical education class?
see vending machines filled with not-so-nutritious
foods or drinks?
see a "Tobacco-Free Zone" sign on school grounds, but
see adults smoking directly outside of school doorways?
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