Feed Editor 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT AAHPERD's ET CETERA. provides industry-specific news and information to professionals in the health, physical education, recreation and dance industries. Delivered weekly, the publication keeps these professionals informed of topics that impact the industry. http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/aahperd/rss.xml en AAHPERD Interim CEO Judy Young, NASPE Executive Director Charlene Burgeson, NASPE Senior Manager Paula Kun, and NAGWS President Shawn Ladda were in attendance to witness President Obama's signing of an Executive Order to expand and rename the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. NASPE's Senior Program Manager for Physical Education Cheryl Richardson organized and lead the series of physical activity stations that First Lady Michelle Obama and members of the new President's Council participated in with children from a local middle school. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b590eb69c2 1 First Lady Michelle Obama joined kids from the Washington, D.C. area to launch the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition and introduce the 2010 council co-chairs and members. In conjunction with the First Lady's Let's Move! initiative, this year President Obama has broadened the scope of the council, formerly known as the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, to include a focus on healthy eating as well as active lifestyles. The president signed an executive order outlining the Council's new emphasis on both good nutrition and physical fitness. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2d3178940 2 Arthur Culbert, president and CEO of Health Literacy Missouri, praised statewide efforts to provide services aimed at communication and comprehension in health care settings. "Missouri is going to be a leader in health literacy," he said. "The state has aggressively embraced a variety of programs and initiatives focused on this incredibly important issue." Health literacy is a fairly recent field, Culbert added. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2e20d1882 3 A Temple University study shows improvement in the lives of thousands of middle-schoolers placed in nutrition and physical education classes - especially those who started out overweight or obese. Dr. Emity Zaragoza, a family physician at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix says, heavy or not, kids are sponges that pick up on good habits. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2e572a1ba 4 Gail Ewaldsen hears all kinds of excuses about why people aren't exercising. Say "I'm too old," and Ewaldsen shakes her head and points to Betty and Bill Fish. "That's nothing. I've got a 95-year-old in here," said Ewaldsen, a certified personal trainer at the Islands YMCA in Georgia. Betty Fish, 85, and Bill Fish, 95, are among the oldest members of the Whitemarsh Island fitness club. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2dd91fe7d 5 The summer is here and the heat seems to be here to stay in New Jessey. The Salem County Health Department would like to take the time to give the community some helpful reminders about staying safe and healthy in this warm weather. Every year, high temperatures can put people at risk of dehydration, heat stroke and hospitalization. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2d9155b92 6 Shawn Ladda joined First Lady Michelle Obama and children from the Washington, D.C. area to launch the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition and introduce the 2010 Council co-chairs and members. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2fb21c855 7 ITU Honorary President Les McDonald received a continental trophy at the International Olympic Committee 2010 Women and Sport Awards, held at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Five continental trophies and one world trophy were given to exceptional personalities who have made a significant different to boost the development, participation and involvement of women and girls in sport around the world. McDonald, from Canada, was given the award for the Americas and was the only male to receive the award this year. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a303f42a85 8 On the 38th anniversary of Title IX, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan applauded the landmark legislation that prohibits institutions receiving federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex. "As a result of Title IX, schools, colleges and universities have made great strides in providing equal access in their programs and services, especially in college sports," Secretary Duncan said. "For example, in 1972, less than 30,000 female students participated in sports and recreational programs at NCAA member institutions. Thanks largely to Title IX, that number has increased six-fold since then--and at the high school level, the number of girls participating in athletics has increased ten-fold since 1972." 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a5bda20fdf 9 If you think that your school is too busy with academics that you can't bother with health and fitness, think again. When kids exercise and eat right, it actually helps improve school performance. Each day, Donna Cataldo, a fifth-grade teacher at Quincy Elementary School in Boston, has students circle up to do calisthenics in the classroom or takes them to the rooftop playground to run and shoot some hoops. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a30d9ca441 10 Schools in Minnesota have long had statewide standards to follow in math, reading and science. Now they'll have to do the same for physical education, thanks to a new state law Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed last month. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a31314c7c7 11 Ballroom dancing is back in style, and Suzy Robbins couldn't be happier. "(Dancing's) amazing ... It's a sport, but it's an art," said the dance instructor from Florence, Ala., Robbins said she's noticed a great increase in interest in ballroom dancing over the past few years. More and more people are taking classes and coming to the dances that she hosts. She said her group of regular dancers just keeps getting bigger. Robbins credits popular dancing shows such as "Dancing with the Stars," "So You Think You can Dance?" and "America's Best Dance Crew" for the renewed involvement in ballroom dancing. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2ec560d26 12 Calling all gleeks and triple threats. The Arts Edge, an educational consulting firm, is offering a Broadway-inspired scholarship for Arts Edge Summer, a unique two-week musical theater and college prep boot camp in New York City. Scholarship applicants will be reviewed by top-tier performing arts and education professionals including "Rock of Ages" star Constantine Maroulis and "Memphis" headliner Chad Kimball. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a2f06f215c 13 Healthier cafeteria choices, longer and more intense periods of physical activity and robust in-school education programs can lower rates of obesity and other risk factors for type 2 diabetes, according to a national study called HEALTHY. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a317597cb3 14 A new formula based on a large study from Northwestern Medicine in Illinois, provides a more accurate estimate of the peak heart rate a healthy woman should attain during exercise. It also will more accurately predict the risk of heart-related death during a stress test. 30 Jun 2010 10:40:09 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2a31c54439c 15