IHPRA Newsletter
April 2004
This month the IHPRA salutes Iowa
Senator Tom Harkin
for his tireless efforts to improve the health and physical fitness
of Iowans young and old.
New Hampshire bill would make students more active to stem obesity.
Asthma and Exercise Can Go Hand-in-Hand.
Exercise Key to Teen Weight Problem - U.S. Study.
Squatting Increases Knee Arthritis Risk: Study.
Widespread vitamin D deficiencies threaten health.
Youth inactivity linked to obesity
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www.stateline.org
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North Korea says standoff with US at "Brink of nuclear war."
N. Korea Nuclear Estimate To Rise.
North Korea accuses US of preparing attack,
threatens to abandon accord.
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April 13, 2004 Arkansas
Releases First Results In the first state to mandate body mass screening of all public school students, officials in Arkansas released statistics Monday showing that two in five students in a school district that is piloting the new testing program are "overweight or at risk of becoming overweight." Under a law passed by the state legislature last year, Arkansas schools must work up an annual body mass index for each student. In Arkadelphia, one of the districts for which test results were released Monday, 21.6 percent of boys and 17.5 percent of girls were classified as overweight, compared with an estimated national average of 15 percent. To implement the new testing program, every school in Arkansas received a scale to measure height and weight. The law also mandates removal of vending machines from school cafeterias. The Arkansas law is Act 1220. |
