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Student Who Lost 137 Pounds Testifies on Capitol Hill for School-Based Health Center

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Students perform better when they attend class, healthy and ready to learn.

Too often students are missing school because they are sick or experiencing mental distress and don’t have the health care they need to get better. School-based health centers keep students in school and learning.

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Youth Leaders Raise Resources and Awareness for School-Based Health Centers

The fourth in a series on youth engagement, this article looks at the resource development and community engagement work of high school students in Eugene, Oregon to support the sustainability of...

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Did You Know?

Chronic health conditions are responsible for limited physical activity for 7.3 percent of children

Source: Health, United States, 2007, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics

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National Assembly on School-Based Health Care