Core Subject Status for Health Education Sought

By Karen Diegmueller

Washington

Bowing to the adage "less is more," the sponsors of national health-education standards unveiled their compact product last week while urging national, state, and local leaders to add health to the list of core subjects.

"These standards are things young people must know and be able to do if they are to grow into healthy, productive, successful adult citizens," said John R. Seffrin, the executive vice president of the American Cancer Society, which paid for the...