Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix and FoodCorps co-founder and VP of External Affairs Debra Eschmeyer think there is one major thing schools around the country need to improve upon: health education.
by Rebecca Klein
Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix and food activist Debra Eschmeyer think there is one major thing schools around the country need to improve upon: health education.
Promoters of physical education and healthy eating in schools, the pair took the stage as part of a panel at NBC’s Education Nation Summit on Oct. 8 and spoke about the need for schools to produce healthy, well-balanced students. Eschmeyer, the co-founder of FoodCorps, an organization that seeks to improve school nutrition and teach kids about healthy living, described food education as an essential part of schooling; Felix, a track and field Olympian, touted physical activity as a pillar of learning.
After the panel, they each caught up with The Huffington Post to share why they think health education is important, and whether or not it will improve.
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Click here to watch a video of the panel.
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