Harlem Study Fruitful in Teaching Children Healthy Habits

A Mount Sinai program for preschoolers and their caregivers focuses on physical and emotional health

Preschoolers who went through a four-month program focused on the body, physical movement and emotions were able to maintain healthier behaviors in the future, according to research conducted at 15 Head Start schools in Harlem.

Half of the children in the study—a continuing project led by Dr. Valentin Fuster, physician in chief at Mount Sinai...

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