At a glance
The ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Healthy Schools web graphics resources can be used for your school's websites or presentations.
Infographics
Chronic health conditions
Infographic stating that every school-aged child deserves a school nurse.
Health and academics
Infographic showing four important school health services for students with chronic health issues.
Infographic showing that student health and learning are strongly connected.
More than 800 studies, in 25 years of research, shows that healthy students are better learners.
Children/teens who don't get enough sleep have higher risk of obesity, diabetes, poor mental health
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø recommends that schools help students make healthy food and beverage choices.
Nutrition
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and other national organizations recommend that schools offer a quality school meal program.
Energy drinks are associated with health concerns such as dehydration and irregular heartbeat.
Physical education and physical activity
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and other national organizations recommend a broad, schoolwide approach to physical activity.
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø recommends schoolwide efforts: encouraging student physical education and physical activity.
National guidelines say: children/adolescents should get 1 hour or more of physical activity daily.
Strategies to guide recess can increase physical activity and lead to improved classroom engagement.
Steps add up! Students are active for an average of 1,062 steps during recess.
Teens getting mostly A's (vs. D's/F's) are about twice as likely to get 1 hour of physical activity.