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SPORTS MEDICINE :
PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND FITNESS PROGRAMS :
EDUCATION: K-12: ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY :
UNITED STATES: STATES: PENNSYYVANIA:
Armstrong Groups Target Childhood Obesity with Exercise
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Armstrong Groups Target Childhood Obesity with Exercise
By Brad Pedersen
Monday, July 21, 2014, 12:16 a.m.
Trib Live
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Armstrong School District and Healthy Armstrong officials are trying to
help elementary school students get more exercise in hopes of steadying
and lowering the number of overweight children in the district.
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Healthy Armstrong began emphasizing elementary school fitness in 2006,
when local pediatricians began reporting more children were coming into
school with obesity-related diseases, such as high blood pressure and type
2 diabetes.
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In 2006, a quarter of students enrolling in kindergarten were considered
overweight or obese. By 2010, the district saw an 8 percent increase in
overweight or obese kindergarten enrollments, said Trisha Brice, project
coordinator for Healthy Armstrong.
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We're not sure why this trend happened, Brice said. But now, we're
focusing on the younger population to see what's causing it, and what we
can do to help them.
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Last year, overweight and obese children accounted for about one-third of
the district's elementary students, said Devin Lorigan, health and
wellness coordinator for Armstrong School District and a physical
education teacher at West Hills Primary School.
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The rate is still very high and that's a concern, but I think it's not
going higher because more people are becoming more aware, Lorigan said.
The movement towards having a healthier lifestyle is happening in school,
and now the effort is moving toward the home.
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The district is in line with others across the state the state Department
of Health reported about 33 percent of students in kindergarten through
sixth grade are considered overweight.
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