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AWARDS
Provincial award for McMorran
February 8 2010 - Amanda McMorran, a physical education teacher at Gesner Elementary School in Oromocto, is the 2009 recipient of the New Brunswick Physical Education Society Award as physical education teacher of the year for district 17
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DANCE
Missouri lawmaker wants dancing option for P.E. requirement
February 8 2010 - A lawmaker has waltzed into the House with new legislation giving students the option to get class credit for ballroom dancing. Rep. Tim Flook, R-Liberty, has written a bill allowing students in public schools to take a ballroom dance class instead of a physical education or fine arts class.
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HEALTH
Obesity may delay puberty in boys
February 8 2010 - The obesity epidemic may be producing a generation of late-blooming males. Overweight boys tend to start puberty at a later age than their less-heavy peers, according to one of the first studies to chart the effects of childhood obesity on male sexual development.
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HEALTH
New "gold standard" for measuring kids' health
February 8 2010 - Major national health groups want Canada to adopt new guidelines to monitor development of babies and children that will end up identifying more Canadian kids as overweight or obese.
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HEALTH
Kids teach kids to be healthy
February 3 2010 - Peer pressure can make even the most veggie-phobic, inactive children adopt a healthier lifestyle, say organizers of a Greater Victoria program that enlists kids to motivate other kids.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Florida kids opt out of gym class
February 1 2010 - Tens of thousands of Florida children are ditching gym classes now that students in kindergarten through eighth grade can opt out with a note from Mom or Dad. Last semester, when public schools introduced physical-education waivers, about 15,000 kids in Central Florida alone decided to skip running laps and playing basketball to take other courses, according to the Florida Department of Education.
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