Recess a Necessary Break From the Demands of School

Guest Bio: Dr. Robert Murray, MD

Dr Murray is a professor in the Department of Human Nutrition at the Ohio State University. For 21 years he was in the Section of Pediatric GI and Nutrition at the Ohio State University School of Medicine and most recently served 5 years as the Director of the Center for Healthy Weight & Nutrition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr Murray also is the immediate past chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on School Health and a board member for the national Action for Healthy Kids, promoting school policies that combat obesity and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. At the state level, he currently serves as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Ohio Chapter’s Home and School Health Committee.