Sara Salo makes University High School a stop on her School Food Tour - her bike campaign to encourage kids to eat healthy. By Brantley Watson For Sara Salo, Tuesday's weather may have reminded her of home, but her bicycle shorts have landed her a long ...
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Bike challenge inspires improvements in healthy habits
"For years I thought about biking to work," said the 52-year-old Waldoch, who is employed as a machinist. "Once I tried it, I found out it wasn't as bad as I feared. In fact, it was pretty easy. I could easily make it in 30 minutes. ...
El Dorado wants more kids walking, biking to school
Jensen soon discovered widespread interest among parents and students in walking or biking to the K-8 school. But they lacked a safe route: The school is ...
Biking to School Boosts Kids' Fitness
Riding a bike to school proved even better. For boys, it boosted their likelihood of being fit by 30 percent, and girls increased theirs sevenfold. ...
HEALTHY EATING: Internet advertising
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has launched a campaign warning parents about the web marketing tactics of junk food manufacturers and is calling for tougher regulations. A new study by the BHF reveals a disturbing picture of children being ...
Study: Younger kids walking and biking to school
The University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre says biking and walking should be encouraged, because it's an easy way to get children to be more physically active. You must be logged in to rate this story. Login or register.
Vacherin launches Eat Well healthy eating campaign
London caterer Vacherin has launched its Eat Well healthy eating campaign for January, which this year is being rolled out across all of its 25 sites. ...
Tim Blumenthal: Biking to school a kids' fitness tool that is being overlooked
More importantly, biking can help children create a healthy future. Overweight adolescents who participate in bicycling three to four days per week are 85 percent more likely to become healthy-weight adults. Our children are growing up in an ...
Cedar Falls program aims to get more kids walking, biking to school
The goal is to get more kids walking and biking to class. Romney Hall and her son Harrison have a daily routine of walking to school. "I just know how healthy it is for our bodies and I think the kids have a lot of fun walking together, and it connects ...
On Biking: Cycle Kids helps kids learn bike skills, nutrition and safety
She left her successful career and started CYCLE Kids, a Cambridge-based organization that braids her love of biking with her passion for doing good and making a difference. CYCLE Kids works on what Julianne described as "A deceptively simple premise: ...
Yoga teacher stretches to build healthy business
... consider a text marketing campaign to attract new students; improve her blog to include key words to capture Internet searches; and consider advertising on Facebook, which she can manipulate to cost as little as $10 plus a pay-per-click. ...