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1. A brush with the past.

Yesterday, I accidentally head-butted a tree branch while laying down garden gravel. A few days ago, I burnt my arm on the metal edge of my hot waffle maker. A month back, I smashed a lump hammer into my left … Continue reading

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2. How Brands Can Help Teens & Tweens 'Go Healthy'

I just got back from attending a youth-hosted forum organized by The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint partnership of the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, to address the epidemic rates of childhood obesity... Read the rest of this post

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3. Getting fit without getting terrified

Okay, so some of us don’t ever land graceful hoops like in this photo. Some of us don’t even land ungraceful ones. Educators and fitness experts alike are now saying, “So what?” The point of fitness, they assert, isn’t to look cool, or make every right move, or least of all to impress others. The point is to have fun – to get fit without getting terrified. We have to remove schoolkids’ long-held concept of phys ed as an ordeal. For example, if kids aren’t comfortable running five times around the track field, maybe they can walk briskly instead. And what’s wrong with skipping rope as exercise? Even Dinah Galloway, who very grudgingly comes to love – well, like, fitness in the health-themed mystery Queen of Disguises, can manage the occasional double-under.

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4. Sports Extremes

Our friends at Harris Interactive (a Ypulse Research sponsor) just sent out their latest Trends & Tudes Newsletter featuring research on youth and sports. As I've blogged here before, I pretty much gave up on structured physical activity in 9th... Read the rest of this post

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