Exercise helps you feel good and stay fit, and University of Georgia researchers are looking at a new way staying active can help in the classroom. Several UGA kinesiology professors have studied how after-school physical activity programs help students in Clarke County elementary schools. New this fall, they added a team of educational psychology and public health experts to figure out how increasing students’ heart rates helps with homework and comprehension. The research team works with 60 students between second and fifth grade each day at Chase Street and Fowler Drive elementary schools. After school, the students spend 45 minutes on homework, 45 minutes on physical activity games and then an hour on math or literary enrichment. Throughout the year, … Continue reading UGA Fights Obesity in Clarke County Public Schools