Davis Senior High School
Teen Health Awareness Club
​NE​WS & EVENTS​
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Update May 2015:
Kids Meals Beverage Choice Ordinance Information:
The Teen Health Awareness Club has been working with Yolo 5 to research local restaurant default drink alternatives and support this ordinance. Gaelyn W. spoke to the Social Services Commission of the city of Davis in support of this legislation in September 2014 and also related our club's educational outreach with our "Alternative to Soda" Days!!
Do you want water or milk with that?
Servers at Davis city restaurants will soon be asking that question to customers ordering kids’ meals with beverages, under a new ordinance designed to discourage sugary soda consumption.
The ordinance, passed on a unanimous 5-0 Davis City Council vote Tuesday night, will require any Davis restaurant that offers a meal-with-drink kids’ menu to make water or milk, not soda, the primary option. Parents can still request soda at no extra charge, but must specifically ask for it.
Read more here:
http://www.sacbee.com/food-drink/article22438713.html
Healthy Habits Challenge Game
Posted December 10, 2013
Congratulations to Principal Brown's team for winning first place in the Healthy Habits Challenge Game. Mr. Peevyhouse and Ms. Moriarty's teams finished in second and third place respectively.
Thank you for all participating in the event and we hope you learned facts that will help you stay healthy over winter break and into 2014!
Dr. Wilbur Leong Pharmacist
Posted November 18, 2013
What happened to Cory Monteith?
Come find out!
Poisons versus Remedies: Differences in Drugs leading to the Death of Glee star Cory Monteith.
Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy resident Dr.Wilbur Leong will speak about why drugs and alcohol can be a deadly combination.
He will also discuss his career as a clinical pharmacist in the DHS Career Center at lunchtime on Monday November 18th.
WED JAN 15, 12:10 PM
Physical therapist David Harrington will lecture about common joint injuries in teenagers and his career in the Career Center.
Marguerite Montgomery Science Festival
sponsored by UC Davis
Posted April 2014
The DHS Teen Health Awareness Club was invited to showcase their "Alternative to Soda" display to teach elementary students about the sugar content in common soda beverages.
Clara Riggle, Reem Omer, and Gaelyn Walche represented the club at this educational event.
The students sent wonderful thank you notes which were much appreciated by all who attended the event.
Successful Events
January 29,2015
Gaelyn W. partipated in the Boulder -Davis Race To the Top Conference to learn about " Engaging secondary students in bicycling. "
How do we get and keep kids bicycling to school?
January 16, 2015
Members from the UC Davis Diabetes Advocacy and Awareness Group spoke to us about the medical and healthcare aspects of diabetes.
December 15, 2014
The Davis Bicycles! Schools Committee sent a BIG thank you for our club's help during the Fire Up Your Feet campaign this past October 2014. Our Club was recognized for helping raise awareness and promoting active transportation in our community.
Wednesday November 5, 2014
Dr. William Amess, an endocrinologist at Kaiser Permanente, gave an informative lecture on " How to lower your risk of getting Diabetes."10% or 1 person in 10 of the U.S. population have diabetes; about 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes by year 2050 if the present trend continues. (American Diabetes Association).
UPCOMING LECTURES
and EVENTS
February 11, 2015
David Harrington to speak about his career as a Physical therapist and how to do a joint exam.
February 24,2015
HEALTHY HABITS CHALLENGE GAME-
in S5 at lunchtime.
March 3, 2015
Dr. Christopher Kim, Chief of Head and Neck Surgery at Kaiser Medical Center Napa-Solano, will speak to us about common reasons for hearing loss and his career in surgery.