Watch the Webinar: http://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=537p9 Healthy
Summers for Kids: Turning Risk Into Opportunity The purpose of
the Healthy Summers for Kids: Turning Risk Into Opportunity
brief is to draw attention to summer as a unique developmental
period for youth—a time when risk for obesity and food
insecurity both rise—by highlighting findings from recent
research. The brief also provides a window into opportunities to
make positive change to improve children’s health in summer,
including a few ways that communities, schools, summer programs,
health practitioners, and caregivers are already working to
promote healthy habits, healthy eating, and increased physical
activity. Read the entire article and download the brief here
According to a report released by the RAND Corporation, the
average summer learning loss in math and reading for American
students amounts to one month per year. More troubling is that
it disproportionately affects low-income students: they lose two
months of reading skills, while th