Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise

Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise

Unknown 5:31 PM child obesity, childhood obesity, children's health, diet, exercise, nutrition, physical activity, physical inactivity, research, schools

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity worsens the damage that arthritis does to joints, but simply telling patients to go home and...

Kentucky is one of three states to get Walmart Foundation money to expand farm-to-school programs

Kentucky is one of three states to get Walmart Foundation money to expand farm-to-school programs

Unknown 9:50 AM education, farm to school, philanthropy, schools, state government

Kentucky will use money from  The Walmart Foundation  to partner with the  National Farm to School Network  to expand efforts to get more lo...

Poll: Ky. parents think children's school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options

Poll: Ky. parents think children's school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options

Unknown 5:00 AM child obesity, nutrition, poll, school lunch, schools

Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky parents think school lunches are nutritious, but should offer more made from-scratch options, according t...

Warren County school board bans tobacco use on campuses and by students and employees during extracurricular school activities

Warren County school board bans tobacco use on campuses and by students and employees during extracurricular school activities

Unknown 11:57 AM schools, smoking, smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco prevention, youth

The Warren County Board of Education voted 4-1 on March 16 to ban the use of tobacco "by students, employees or those on school grounds...

Survey shows satisfaction with after-school programs aimed at helping children's health and physical fitness

Survey shows satisfaction with after-school programs aimed at helping children's health and physical fitness

Unknown 8:35 PM after-school programs, children's health, healthy food, physical activity, schools

Kentucky Health News A household survey for the Afterschool Alliance shows that after-school programs may be key in preventing childhood obe...

Kenton County Schools ban use of tobacco

Kenton County Schools ban use of tobacco

Unknown 9:04 PM schools, smoking, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention, youth

The Kenton County Board of Education voted unanimously March 2 to approve a smoke-free policy immediately prohibiting the use of tobacco on ...

Research indicates that students throw away less food since new, healthier lunch rules were put in place

Research indicates that students throw away less food since new, healthier lunch rules were put in place

Unknown 4:17 PM child obesity, federal spending, nutrition, research, school lunch, schools

One of the most consistent complaints about the healthier school-lunch standards is that more food ends up in the garbage can, but a three-y...

Casey County High School, which will be smoke-free next year, curbs smoking by locking the restrooms most used by smokers

Casey County High School, which will be smoke-free next year, curbs smoking by locking the restrooms most used by smokers

Unknown 5:52 PM education, schools, smoking, smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco prevention

For two weeks in February, Casey County High School students who wanted to smoke in one of the restrooms were unable to do so because they ...

Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative

Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative

Unknown 7:56 PM agriculture, education, farm to school, food, hospitals, nutrition, philanthropy, schools

A program to fight childhood obesity and foster healthy habits in Louisville’s under-served youth has seen positive results since its launch...

Newport school board's smoking ban, which includes e-cigarettes, would be 38th among 173 Kentucky school districts

Newport school board's smoking ban, which includes e-cigarettes, would be 38th among 173 Kentucky school districts

Unknown 5:11 PM e-cigarettes, education, electronic cigarettes, schools, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention

The Newport Independent Board of Education  passed the first reading of a proposed smoking ban Wednesday, Jan. 28 after adding electronic ci...

Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?

Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?

Unknown 4:50 PM child care, childhood obesity, chronic disease, community journalism, health journalism, journalism, newspapers, nutrition, obesity, school lunch, schools

Commentary by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Paducah Sun' s editorial on Jan. 20 said the Obama administration has oversteppe...

Scheduling lunch after recess, very unusual in elementaries, may lead to less food waste and better nutrition, study says

Scheduling lunch after recess, very unusual in elementaries, may lead to less food waste and better nutrition, study says

Unknown 10:36 AM children, children's health, education, food, nutrition, research, school lunch, schools, vegetables

Scheduling school lunch later in the day could help children to eat more nutritious foods and reduce food waste, according to a study at sev...

New marijuana product called 'wax' often smoked in e-cigarettes

New marijuana product called 'wax' often smoked in e-cigarettes

Unknown 10:42 PM drug abuse, drugs, marijuana, schools

A new marijuana product on the market called Wax (also called Butter and Honeycomb) that is easily disguised and used in e-cigarettes has fo...

Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Unknown 8:50 AM childhood obesity, children, children's health, diet, education, fast food, nutrition, schools

Eating fast food may cause lower test scores in school, says a recent study of U.S. school children. The study, published online in the jour...

Flu activity becomes widespread, closing schools

Flu activity becomes widespread, closing schools

Unknown 7:12 PM flu, influenza, schools, vaccinations

Kentucky's flu activity level has become widespread, which means at least half the regions of the state have reported confirmed cases of...

USDA makes grants to expand Farm to School in Ky.

USDA makes grants to expand Farm to School in Ky.

Unknown 8:55 AM agriculture, food, nutrition, school lunch, schools

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending nearly $313,000 to Kentucky in grants under the Farm to School program, which encourages the ...

Casey joins Adair and Russell as longtime tobacco counties where schools are going tobacco-free; Clinton defers action

Casey joins Adair and Russell as longtime tobacco counties where schools are going tobacco-free; Clinton defers action

Unknown 7:28 AM education, schools, smoking, smoking bans, tobacco

The schools in another longtime tobacco county in Southern Kentucky are going tobacco-free. With only one member in opposition, the Casey Co...

As Ky.'s teen-birth rank rises, mother objects to Casey Co. child-development class's baby shower for five pregnant students

As Ky.'s teen-birth rank rises, mother objects to Casey Co. child-development class's baby shower for five pregnant students

Unknown 10:12 AM education, pregnancy, schools, student health, teenagers, teens, youth

Kentucky's ranking for births to females aged 15 to 19 is going up, and five students at Casey County High School are pregnant. A joint ...

As school-lunch debate puts attention on rejected meals, we might consider a bigger problem: food wasted at home

As school-lunch debate puts attention on rejected meals, we might consider a bigger problem: food wasted at home

Unknown 11:29 AM child obesity, fast food, food, obesity, school health, school lunch, schools, student health, vegetables

The new nutrition rules for school meals have led some students to throw away food they're served. Schools across the country are estima...

Students at elementary school in Bowling Green create walking trail to promote health and education

Students at elementary school in Bowling Green create walking trail to promote health and education

Unknown 12:39 PM exercise, schools, walking

Ribbon cutting ceremony for walking trail Wednesday, Oct. 22 at T.C. Cherry Elementary School. Photo: Miranda Pederson/Daily News Students a...