In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases in body mass index (BMI), a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds. The five-year trial, conducted in conjunction with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut, followed nearly...Read More

Sixteen students from the Iranian southeastern Province of Hormuzgan ranked first and third in the Universal Concepts of Mental Arithmetic Systems (UCMAS) competitions held in Malaysia, an official said on Thursday. UCMAS is an after-school mental arithmetic program for children aged between 4 and 12 years age, IRNA reported. Director General of the Education Department in Hormuzgan Province...Read More

Kuala Lumpur, July 15, IRNA – Iranian student Parmis Morshedi received three scientific medals at Asian Science & Maths Olympiad in Malaysia. Morshedi has so far received a silver medal at Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO), a silver medal at Math Kangaroo Contest and a gold medal at Asian Science and Math Olympiad...Read More