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Education helps young people form healthful habits |
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Healthy children are better learners |
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Prevention is a proven way to reduce medical costs and improve
quality of life |
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Young people who develop skills, such as decision making and
communication, are more able to avoid health risks |
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National studies* show that school health education results
in large gains in health knowledge and significant changes in
behavior attitudes |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have
identified schools as the setting in which about one-third of
the National health Promotion objectives can be addressed.
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* School Health Education Evaluation (ABT Associates, 1989); An
Evaluation of Comprehensive Health Education in American Public
Schools (Lou Harris and Associates for Metropolitan Life, 1988);
Teenage Health Teaching Modules Evaluation (Macro Systems, 1991).
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