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Check out this great blog post by Inside Schools which features the American Heart Association's report on physical education in NYC schools released earlier this month. If you haven't already done so, take action today to make sure your Council Member has received a copy of the report! http...

Today, the American Heart Association released preliminary results of a survey analysis regarding Physical Education (PE) in all New York City schools. Every school, in all five boroughs was invited to participate and the American Heart Association secured responses from 272! More than half of these...

There is so much going on this week in New York City! It's after midnight, and I'm just now getting to submit this blog post. Here's why I'm burning the midnight oil... On Wednesday morning, the American Stroke Association (yes, that's us!) is supporting a press conference with...

Here's a growing problem - Did you know approximately 60% of NYers are overweight or obese? And over 1/3 of our state's kids are overweight or obese! This hurts our health and wallets. The NYS Comptroller's new report shows adult obesity costs a whopping $11.8 million in health care costs...