Posts Tagged "Texas"
CATCH Hero Meets Colin Powell
CATCH is so successful in Seguin, Texas that former Secretary of State Colin Powell stopped by to congratulate Rodriguez Elementary School P.E. Teacher Pete Silvius. According to the Seguin Gazette: Silvius and Rodriguez Principal Yomeida Guerra picked up the (H-E-B Fit Campus Award for 2011), but both say the honor comes as part of a group effort. Rodriguez Elementary, along with the rest of the elementary campuses in Seguin ISD (Independent School District), has adopted the CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) program to establish common language and goals in regards to student nutrition. Silvius said that Rodriguez is simply implementing goals set out by the...
Read MoreEl Paso County Serves as a Model for Obesity Prevention
Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus found that obesity prevention efforts in the El Paso region were the most effective in Texas in decreasing the prevalence of childhood obesity. Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D., director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, examined regional changes of child obesity from 2000-2002 to 2004-2005, after the implementation of several statewide policies and programs in Texas. The study found a 13 percent decrease in the prevalence of obesity among El Paso 4th graders. “Data from the El Paso region...
Read MoreCATCH As CATCH Can
by Christine Sinatra, LiveMom.com I got to field one of my favorite questions from a reporter: “How do you know what you’re proposing actually works?” The topic was one of those issues that always sounds so big and intractable to journalists: childhood obesity.In terms of magnitude, the coverage has been spot on. Here’s a health issue that attacks every system in the body-something tied to all of our scariest diseases, from diabetes to cancer to heart disease. And we have seen it explode in our lifetimes. In 1991, only one state had an obesity rate above 20%. Today, only one state doesn’t have a rate that high. Concerned...
Read MoreLISD Doing Its Part to Curb Childhood Obesity
by Lynette Haaland President Obama is drawing attention to the fact that nearly one in every three American children are overweight or obese. He urges parents, educators and everyone in between to take action to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. Leander Independent School District has started doing its part, ahead of this plea. LISD’s Coordinated Approach to Child Health or CATCH is one of its initiatives that has been in motion for the last three years. “We’re trying to educate schools about healthy choices in behavior and lifestyles,” said Ray Langlois, assistant director of athletics, health and wellness for the...
Read MoreL.I.S.D. Launches Health and Wellness Summer Camp
By Roberto Treviño LAREDO – (June 15, 2010) – As summertime hits Laredo, most school children are sleeping-in, but not Alexis Carrillo, a third grade student at Farias Elementary School. She starts her mornings with 30 minutes of intense power walking and jogging exercises followed by 30 minutes of vigorous non-elimination games. Just about every morning, you can see Alexis and her 25 classmates pumping their arms and kicking their legs to a healthier lifestyle. As part of the new health and wellness initiatives, the Laredo Independent School District has started the Health and Wellness Summer Camp incorporating the Coordinated Approach to Child Health...
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