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TIMELY TOPICS Upfront NEWS YOU CAN USE FACTS & STATS Get Schooled Since kids spend six to seven of their daily waking hours in the classroom, good health habits are as essential as paper and pencils Foot Power Walking to school can help your child reach the advised 60 minutes of daily exercise. How much a Percentage of high school child’s backpack students with mostly A should weigh as 700Maximum number of grades who watch less a percentage of calories allowed in middle 64% than three hours of TV per his or her weight. school lunches. Government Percentage of ninth graders who attend day. Some 49% of kids Most elementary standards also require kids to gym class each week. Only 29% go to with mostly D and F grades school students get at least a half-cup of fruits or gym class every day. Kids need at least watch three or more hours GETTY IMAGES 10 % carry twice that. veggies with each meal. 60 minutes of daily exercise to stay fit. 76 % of TV daily. 6 WEBMD.COM UPFRONT IN THE NEWS Lessons Learned Back to school—for kids of all ages, and not an inconsiderable number of adults—rolls around before you know it. You’ll find lots of related stories throughout this issue for re-entry to your fall routine. Some highlights: If your child struggles with reading and you’ve already paid a visit to your pediatrician or eye doctor, you might want to know about convergence insufficiency (CI), a lesser-known vision disorder that affects how the eyes work together rather than how the eye functions (see page 48).