U.S. PEDIATRICIANS CALL FOR ACTION ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY, ONE PROGRAM DELIVERS
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To combat soaring childhood obesity rates, just released guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics call for greater prevention efforts, including increased physical activity for children. Although the pediatricians group says that more research needs to be done to prove whether anti-obesity strategies work, a new UCLA study has found one program that dramatically improves children’s fitness.
The program is called Sound Body Sound Mind (SBSM), which is a joint partnership between the Sound Body Sound Mind Foundation and the UCLA Health System. The program donates gym equipment to public schools so that students can exercise and familiarize themselves with fitness techniques that will improve their health and well-being. SBSM has installed more than 100 fitness centers into Los Angeles-area public schools and impacted more than 100,000 students. The program is innovative, but the bottom line is that it works.
California requires students take a FITNESSGRAM assessment, which measures muscular strength, muscular endurance, aerobic capacity, flexibility and body composition. Students must achieve a passing score in five of these six categories.… Read More