Fall 2000, Vol. 3, No.1	Health, Fitness, & Nutrition
PE-News E-mail Digest PE-News is a biweekly digest bringing you the latest news and reminding you to view the current PELINKS4U web site. If you are not already receiving the digest please e-mail us with your name and type "Subscribe" in the Subject line of the message. Please send the addresses of colleagues who might also be interested in PELINKS4U so that we can inform them about the site. Featured Articles Why Do I Eat When I'm Not Hungry The next time you go to put food in your mouth, ask yourself a question. Are you REALLY hungry? Does your body really need that food ? That snack?? That second portion at dinner??? Asthma-Proof Your Child Obesity from lack of exercise, another childhood health crisis, is helping fuel today's asthma epidemic. Overweight children are twice as likely to develop asthma as normal-weight kids. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." Hellen Keller Promoting Physical Activity Through School Physical Education Jim Morrow and colleagues outline how physical education can contribute to the promotion of regular physical activity and its associated fitness and health benefits. School Health Index Here's a self-assessment and planning tool that will enable schools to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their physical activity and nutrition policies and programs, and develop an action plan for improving student health.	Editorial This section would give the editor the opportunity to point out topics in each issue and focus on especially newsworthy items. Featured Web Site Benny Goodsport According to Benny, "Fitness is fun for everyone." Visit this colorful, interactive site for parents and children. Program Ideas ACTIONS Dana Pangrazi believes that schools could do more to promote physical fitness by offering a mandatory fitness and exercise club. HEARTalker: Enrich Your PE Program Heart rate monitors, just like balls, hoops and jump ropes, help you teach your students fitness and provide exercise guidelines for a healthy heart and fit body. HEARTalker monitors in PE programs are an excellent tool that will help you teach these lessons more effectively. Interval Step Program This type of class incorporates muscle conditioning (using handweights) within the aerobic portion of class. "If exercise could be put into a pill, it would be the single most prescribed medication." Dr. James H. Rimmer Nutrition Changing to Low Fat Cooking You can alter recipes, change the way you prepare foods and alter your cooking methods to reduce the amount of fat in the foods you prepare. Take the Food Pyramid Challenge It's easy to eat foods that will give you lots of energy and help you stay healthy! One way to eat right is to follow the U.S.D.A. Food Pyramid. Calculate Your Body Mass Index (BMI) See if your weight puts you at risk of health problems.	In The News Teens Need More Exercise Schools need more mandatory physical education classes and parents need to unplug TVs and video games, say researchers who concluded that most young Americans, particularly blacks and females, are far too sedentary. Story also reported by CBSHealth Watch National Youth Sports Safety Foundation Statistics have just been released for sports injuries categorized by sport for 1998. Youth Fitness Fitness for Youth Michigan has the highest chronic disease rate and one of the highest incidences of heart disease in the nation. Why? Studies on more than 15,000 Michigan youth suggest that the seeds for these chronic diseases are planted in childhood. Learn what is being done... Growing Children Healthy Michigan has the highest chronic disease rate and one of the highest incidences of heart di Adult Fitness Mature Fitness Awards Want to motivate an older adult to exercise? Feeling older yourself and in need of motivation? Here's a program designed to get older adults into regular physical activity. Miscellaneous You are invited to share articles, letters, ideas, conference dates and reports, suggestions for links and any suggestions for site improvements. Email PELINKS4U. Click here to join the Bulletin Board for PE Teachers

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