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Thinking on Their Feet: In-Class Exercise Helps Fight Childhood Obesity While Kids Learn

New Research from Rebecca Hasson

As childhood obesity rates rise and physical education offerings dwindle, elementary schools keep searching for ways to incorporate the federally recommended half-hour of physical activity into the school day, she said. Kids are supposed to get an hour of exercise a day—30 minutes of that during school. Most don't.

Menopause Heart Health Exercise

IN THE NEWS: Got Menopause? Healthy Lifestyle Now Is Crucial For Heart Health

New Contributions by Ana Baylin and Dongqing Wang

A healthy lifestyle during the transition to menopause may offset the acceleration of atherosclerosis, the slow narrowing of the arteries that increases with age, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.