University of Michigan faculty, staff and spouses contributed over $1,600 to Project Healthy Schools as an optional part of their participation in the Rivals Challenge, a free, eight-week physical activity challenge between U-M and The Ohio State University. Read more.
Students at Vista Charter Academy in Wyoming got a special visit from Detroit Lions’ quarterback Matthew Stafford in recognition of the school's work to help students adopt healthy habits. Watch the video.
PHS Researchers reported sixth graders with four or more unhealthy habits were more likely to be overweight or obese and have cardiovascular disease risk factors compared to students with 0 to one unhealthy habit.
Project Healthy Schools (PHS) provides a school-based
program to reduce childhood obesity and its long-term health risks. Focusing primarily on sixth grade students, PHS aims to
stem the tide of this epidemic by:
Healthy youth who continue to practice healthy lifestyles will grow into healthy adults with fewer risk factors for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other chronic illness. Project Healthy Schools is one of the few school-based programs that have demonstrated significant improvements in both health behavior and cardiovascular risk factors, such as reductions in:
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