If all US students could receive an equally effective program, statistics indicate that 146,000 fewer seventh graders would be smokers. Like any course of study, excellent school health curricula are comprehensive. The programs deal with more than smoking behavior of course. From my perspective, one of the most important subjects to master is an understanding of how the body works and how to cooperate with it. Although we may not agree with all aspects of any given health curricula, the research still makes a powerful argument.
Kids benefit from a structured approach to health education from their earliest school years.
Early education does make a difference. We can teach our young people the essentials of health education and how it relates to their health behavior choices. For WellnessWise, I'm Dr. David DeRose. I'm Dr. David DeRose, in a moment we'll look at a life threatening allergic disease on WellnessWise. A recent report from the Mayo Clinic raises concerns about our attitude to probably the most life threatening allergic disease.