In the next 3 to 5 years, obesity is projected to take over smoking as the leading preventable cause of death in America.  Direct medical costs have doubled in the past five years to 92 billion dollars.   From 1980 to present, the amount of children who are obese has doubled as well.  

This project is a public awareness targetting childhood obesity.   Kids Club Fit is an innovative youth fitness and nutrition program designed to educate childrens and their parents on exercise and proper nutrition. The Friendship Center of Lower Paxton Township introduces this 10 week program to Central Pennsylvania.   

The program is a 10 week introduction to a new and healthy lifestyle for families.  Children meet twice a week for a one hour exercise session. After the exercise, the parents join the children once a week to meet with a licensed dietitian for "impact" nutritional lessons, including lessons like the amount of sugar in processed drinks and food, proper portions, choosing whole over processed food.   A new healthy lifestyle is approached like a puzzle, with families asked to fit a new piece of nutrition into their lives each week.

The program also incorporates Exercise is Medicine principles to the program.  Exercise is Medicine is a national initiative introduced by the American College of Sports Medicine and endorsed by the American Medical Association.  Exercise is Medicine is committed to the belief that exercise and physical activity are integral in the prevention and treatment of diseases and should be regularly assessed as part of medical care. 

The Adam Group is an "Exercise is Medicine"  network member.  This project features an ongoing grass roots awareness campaign to area pediatricians who are referring children into this program and prescribing exercise and proper nutrition as treatment for patients.   

This program was made possible through a grant from The Highmark Foundation.

Harrisburg Magazine - February 2012

 

WITF - SMART TALK

The War Against Childhood Obesity on Central PA's Smart Talk 
8:00 pm February 16, 2012

Watch Contraceptive Mandate/Childhood Obesity on PBS. See more from Smart Talk.

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