Add Comment education, entertainment, mental health, schools, suicide, teens, youth Edit Anderson Co. Middle School bans fictional teen suicide book from curriculum; school psychologists' group has concerns about book Anderson County Middle School will no longer use a fictional book on teenage suicide for classroom instruction, citing a controversial Netf... Read More
Add Comment children, children's health, economy, education, poverty, pregnancy, smoking, smoking bans, teens, tobacco, wellness, youth Edit Ky. ranked 34th for overall well-being of children in Kids Count report; advocates say key to improvement is to address poverty By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As long as more than one every four Kentucky children live in poverty, the state will struggle to im... Read More
Add Comment children, exercise, physical activity, physical inactivity, research, teenagers, teens, youth Edit Organized sports provide about 20 minutes of real exercise per hour of activity; CDC says children should exercise an hour a day Wikipedia By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News We live in a world where children are more likely to participate in organized sports and a... Read More
Add Comment child obesity, childhood obesity, children, children's health, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, grants, philanthropy, physical activity, physical inactivity, youth Edit Foundation's $3 million program is helping seven counties become healthier in several ways, independent evaluation says A initiative focused on children's health is helping the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky change community policies and environments... Read More
Add Comment childhood obesity, children, children's health, education, nutrition, school lunch, USDA, youth Edit School lunch rules relaxed: USDA delays lower salt limit, allows 1% milk, lets states exempt schools from whole-grain rule Lunch at school in Henderson ( The Gleaner photo) Schools won't have to cut salt until 2020, and can serve 1 percent fat milk instead o... Read More
Add Comment entertainment, suicide, television, youth Edit Louisville schools, national school psychologists' group warn about Netflix miniseries on a fictional youth suicide "A Netflix original miniseries that is getting a lot of attention throughout the country prompted Jefferson County Public Schools to s... Read More
Add Comment education, entertainment, schools, suicide, television, youth Edit Louisville schools and national school psychologists' group warn parents about Netflix series on a fictional youth suicide "A Netflix original miniseries that is getting a lot of attention throughout the country prompted Jefferson County Public Schools to ... Read More
Add Comment breast cancer, children, children's health, concussions, drug abuse, mental health, prescription drug abuse, schools, sports safety, tobacco, youth Edit More health bills pass as legislative session ends; one would require doctor's OK to play student athletes after concussions By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Several more health-related legislation passed in the final two days of the General Assembly's s... Read More