Is childhood obesity contagious?

July 15, 2013

By Rich Morin Every parent knows that young children catch lots of things at school: chicken pox, the flu and, of course, the annual back-to-school cold. Now there’s evidence that kids can catch something else from their classmates:  obesity. Of...

School adds yoga to physical education curriculum

December 26, 2012

Public school yoga instructor Katie Campbell proudly looks out at 23 first-graders as they contain their squirming in a kid-friendly version of the lotus position. In a voice barely above a whisper, she says into her microphone: “Why look at...