Tag: jason mendoza
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Seattle Children’s study: School bike trains increase physical activity (of course)
Organizing a bike train to school is an effective way to significantly increase the amount of daily physical activity every child needs to be healthy, a study out of Seattle Children’s found. OK, I know that sounds like a no-brainer. And it is. But it’s cool to see that actual figures. The bike train activity…
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Huffington Post spotlights Seattle’s bike to school movement, research
The Huffington Post has a great profile of some of Seattle’s bike to school efforts and research by Seattle Children’s to learn more about its effects on students. We have written many times about Seattle’s bike to school revolution. It’s one of the coolest things happening in the city in recent years as schools and…
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KOMO: South Seattle bike train fights obesity, creates community
This KOMO report on school bike train research in Hillman City is pretty much awesome. I cannot wait to see the results of this Seattle Children’s study by Dr. Jason Mendoza and Maya Jacobs. We wrote about the study when it was first getting started, so it’s great to see it in action. In essence,…
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