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Exercise May Lead to Better School Performance for Kids with ADHD

By Guest PostOctober 17, 2012Health, Scienceadhd, american children, attention, brain activity, cartoon fish, challenge, charles hillman, children, computer game, daniel picchietti, deficit, disorder, eeg cap, error, exercise, hyperactivity, inhibitory control, journal, kids, matthew pontifex, michigan, mistake, nonpharmaceutical treatment, pediatrics, physical activity, physical education, program, state university, swimming, treadmill, walking briskly

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A few minutes of exercise can help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder perform better academically, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University researcher.

The study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, shows for the first time that kids with ADHD can better drown out distractions and focus on a task after a single bout of exercise. Scientists say such “inhibitory control” is the main challenge faced by people with the disorder. (more…)

Extreme Poverty: 2.8 Million Children in the U.S. Live on $2 per Day

By Guest PostFebruary 26, 2012Economyamerican children, children, economic climate, food stamp program, gallon of milk, h luke shaefer, harvard kennedy school, households, income, kathryn edin, national poverty center, poverty, poverty trends, snap

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— One in five households with children in poverty are surviving on the cash equivalent of a half gallon of milk per person per day in a given month.

The National Poverty Center has released a new report that examines poverty trends between 1996 and 2011. The number of households with children who are in extreme poverty in a given month—living at $2 or less in income per person per day—in 2011 totaled roughly 1.46 million households, including 2.8 million kids. This number is up from 636,000 households in 1996, nearly a 130 percent increase. (more…)

MLK Speaker Geoffrey Canada Cautions Against Neglecting Young Americans

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2012Politicsamerican children, american crisis, fight for justice, harlem childrens zone, martin luther king, poverty in harlem, rockefeller chapel

Welcoming the guests filling Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, President Robert J. Zimmer began the University’s Jan. 12 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Celebration by reflecting on King’s first major address in Chicago. It was in Rockefeller Chapel that King spoke 56 years earlier. (more…)

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Exercise May Lead to Better School Performance for Kids with ADHD

Extreme Poverty: 2.8 Million Children in the U.S. Live on $2 per Day

MLK Speaker Geoffrey Canada Cautions Against Neglecting Young Americans