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The Live Healthy Iowa Kids Governor's Challenge finished their 100-day activity and nutrition challenge on April 25 with 31,004 kindergarten through 12th-grade students participating on 1,322 teams. The Governor's Challenge encourages youth to be more active and make better nutrition choices, and is a way for Iowa schools to win monetary awards to purchase new physical education or playground equipment.
Lincoln Elementary School, Centerville was one winner of $500.
Teams recorded their minutes of activity, servings of fruit, vegetables, milk/water and screen time. The totals from the challenge are:
* 62,818,000 minutes of activity
* 759,000 servings of fruit
* 447,000 servings of vegetables
* 490,000 servings of milk/water
* 1,771,000 hours of screen time
Live Healthy Iowa Kids is a free statewide 100-day challenge for youth inspiring them to be more active and make better food choices. For more information about Live Healthy Iowa Kids, visit www.livehealthyiowakids.org.
Education
May 14, 2012
Lincoln wins $500
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