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MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY :
PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EXERCISE:
Schools Provide Opportunities to Foster Fitness and Fight Obesity
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Schools Provide Opportunities to Foster Fitness and Fight Obesity
By Jake Steinfeld
Published: Saturday, April 30, 2016, 12:01 a.m.
Herald Net
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160430/OPINION03/160439990
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When reports like the American College of Sports Medicine's American
Fitness Index (AFI) are released, we can see that our community may not be
as healthy as we think. For the past eight years, the Anthem
Foundation-sponsored report has provided a reliable measure of community
fitness levels for the top 50 largest metropolitan areas. The report
focuses on outdoor exercise options, along with rates of smoking, diabetes
and obesity to determine which areas rank the best and worst in overall
health. And while the report focuses on larger cities, one can put two and
two together to figure out that smaller cities would have similar, if not,
worse results.
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While the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area landed at No. 8 on the healthy
index scale, the overall obesity rates for the state of Washington
exceeded 25 percent for children and adults. If Washington wants to
provide a healthy future for its children, then we all need to work
together to make a positive change everyone from our business and
community leaders to educators and parents. What makes the AFI so
compelling is that it provides us with an overall picture of our strengths
and weaknesses and gives us the opportunity to make changes NOW before its
too late. Whether it's implementing national strategies such as healthier
nutrition in schools or statewide strategies such as Washington state's
Healthiest Next Generation Initiative, increasing physical activity
options for children, is imperative. If we really want to see change, we
can't stand idle.
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At the community level, I believe the best step we can take right now is
to introduce physical activity in our schools. Not only will it help
foster healthy children, but it will also lay the foundation for building
their bodies, their confidence and self-esteem.
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The good news? The National Foundation for Governors' Fitness Councils has
taken action by helping schools become more active. We are delivering
state-of-the-art fitness centers to elementary and middle schools across
this great nation. In fact, nominations just opened in Washington state.
Three schools that demonstrate innovation in health and fitness will be
awarded brand new fitness centers later this year. This is all done
through public/private partnerships with companies like Coca-Cola,
Amerigroup Foundation and Nike; and better yet, there is no government
funding and absolutely no cost to taxpayers.
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