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Welcome to the Fuel Up to Play 60 Newsroom. Follow Fuel Up to Play 60 news and events around the country and learn how the program continues to impact communities nationwide.

Healthy Students are Better Students: New Report Illustrates “The Wellness Impact” of Good Nutrition and Physical Activity on Improving Academic Achievement

Posted March 4, 2013

We all know proper nutrition and physical activity leads to a healthy body, but did you know it can lead to a healthy mind too? March is National Nutrition Month, so it’s the perfect time to focus on the impact improved nutrition and physical activity have on students’ academic performance. Unhealthy food choices and not getting enough exercise make it harder for students to concentrate in school and lead to health problems down the road. Eating right and staying active can give students more energy to perform better in the classroom, and you can help to provide the resources they need to make these positive choices.

A new report, The Wellness Impact: Enhancing Academic Success Through Healthy School Environments, reinforces the crucial link between quality nutrition, physical activity and academic performance. The GENYOUth Foundation, National Dairy Council (NDC), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American School Health Association (ASHA) released the report.

An executive summary of The Wellness Impact features tips on how to make the classroom a healthier place to be. Everyone from community leaders to parents can work together to fight for improved child health and wellness in schools. Fuel Up to Play 60 has been recognized by Let’s Move! Active Schools as a key program that’s making a difference in schools to encourage children to live a healthier lifestyle. To read the full report and get involved, visit www.GENYOUthFoundation.org. For more information on Let’s Move Active Schools, visit www.letsmoveschools.org.

Wellness Impact Report Brief for Parents
Wellness Impact Report Brief for Students

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New Report Indicates Breakfast is Important for Student Achievement, Future Success

Posted February 27, 2013

A new report released by Fuel Up to Play 60 supporter Share Our Strength indicates that eating breakfast can have a big impact on a child’s academic and economic achievement. The report found that students who eat school breakfast score higher on standardized tests, have fewer school absences and are more likely to graduate from high school. Additionally, students who eat breakfast tend to earn over $10,000 more once they enter the workforce. Through efforts like the Super Bowl Breakfast Challenge and funding grants that can be used for school breakfast programs, Fuel Up to Play 60 supports this vision and aims to help students make their schools healthier.

As National School Breakfast Week kicks off next week, Share Our Strength released an interactive map highlighting how breakfast is changing the lives of students around the country. By March 31, Share Our Strength wants 10,000 schools to share how they make school breakfast work for their students. To view the map and get your school involved, check out Breakfast Saves Lives. To read the full report, click here. More information can be found at www.nokidhungry.org.

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