Teens: No to Soda but Also to Exercise

Survey finds Piedmont students mostly healthy
Overall, Piedmont students feel safe at home and school, are high academic achievers and respect their teachers and learning. But some troubling statistics still emerge in findings from the 2008-09 Healthy Kids survey just released.

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District revamps safety guidelines
When officials in the Mechanicsburg Area School District found they couldn’t continue receiving funding for their DARE program, they decided to revamp the district’s student safety curriculum.

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Teens: No to soda but also to exercise
American high school teens are drinking less soda but still avoiding daily exercise, says a national report card on teen health and risk behaviors. Given the nation’s battle against obesity, it’s “good news” that fewer students are drinking a soda a day, said Danice K. Eaton, a research scientist at …

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