According to the Journal Gazette Times Courier, the state of Illinois has started a program called Heart Smart for Teens with a grant from the Illinois Department of Publish Health. This program encourages good exercise and eating habits early in life. 

This is a nine week program that is now installed in Illinois schools that teaches girls all about how many calories there is a Big Mac as well as how many nutrients might be in that Big Mac as well.  Some of the components of the program are interactive, such as the My Pyramid feature, which allows a student to see what she needs to eat for that day. Seeing as heart disease is such a leading killer of women wouldn’t it be a perfect world if the Heart Smart for Teens were in all public schools in North America?