Much appreciated receiving the Presidential Award from Arizona Health and Physical Education in November for our advocacy work with them. We are making progress on increasing school recess time and adding physical and health education points to the state's A-F school accountability formula. I love working with our dedicated PE and health ed teachers and the hard-working Association leadership to get kids more active and developing healthier habits!
I get so tired of hearing this: "It costs less to buy a burger from McDonald's that to eat healthy food from the supermarket." "Low-income families just buy processed food, they don't cook their own food anymore." That always sounded questionable. Here is a study showing in great detail that fast food is much more expensive than healthy food bought at the supermarket . Also, it turns out that the vast majority of meals eaten by low-income families are prepared at home: Blisard N, Stewart H. How low-income households allocate their food budget relative to the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan. Economic research report, United States. Washington, DC: Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2006;20. What is true is that buying healthy vs. unhealthy foods can cost $1.50/person/day more, at retail prices. However, when health cost consequences are factored in, unhealthy foods cost twice as much .
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