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Top 5 states to raise fit kids

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Paula Summit (Summit5)
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Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 6:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

This is from the Today Show March 9
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7137441/

The entire list can be found at http://www.child.com/kids/health_nutrition/fittest _states.jsp?page=9
Scott Tomassetti (Scottt40)
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Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 8:08 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Being from connecticut, and working with ACES, the CT school that received the PEP grant, CT is working toward a "Well Schools" Model. This model strives to provide healthy choices for students from the Cafeteria and vending machines, to the Gymnasium(Physical Education Program) and afterschool programs. The states Health Director is a tramendous resource, and most of information she presents in her address is that physical activity is the key. How much, how often and how intense is the daily physical activity. She asserts that being physically inactive is the number one risk factor for our population, and broke it down with data. She contends that health classes should focus on teaching healthy active lifesyles first, and all other areas second. It was an eye opening presentation, one all administrators, parents, teachers, and students should see.
D Peter Birkett MD
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Posted on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 5:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Childhood obesity is a complex subject without easy answers. The same food intake and energy output that makes one child taller can make another fatter. We do not know why some obese children grow up to be obese adults. Treatments aimed at weight reduction have limited success. An important part of treatment is to avoid stigmatization of the overweight and damage to their self-esteem. Children suffering from obesity have a high rate of depression. Suicide is the third commonest cause of death among American teenagers

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