Move It For Your Health
St. John's Regional Medical Center and Southwest Missouri Bank, in partnership with fourstateshomepage.com, KSN and KODE, plan to take on the childhood obesity problem in our own community. With the "Move It For Your Health" campaign, our goal is to improve local grade school children's lives by encouraging them to be more active and eat healthier. We want to help our citizens make more informed choices when it comes to their health and inspire the region to make more time for regular physical activity.
National Facts- Obesity is a national epidemic. 64% of Americans are overweight and childhood obesity has doubled in the last 20 years.
- This could be the first generation of American children to lead shorter lives than their parents.
- Considering obesity, 20 years of aging, smoking, problem drinking, and the risk or acquiring diabetes, obesity has the most powerful and costly effects on health.
We hope that by involving children, parents, and teachers, we can bring a positive focus to this ever growing problem and bring about a change in these National Facts.
Move It For Your Health Altoona - Midway
Move It For Your Health Altoona - Midway
Altoona-Midway Gets Active With Move-It ChallengeWith summer around the corner, most area students will have a lot of free time on their hands. But
Bryan Mead is making sure his group of middle school students are not as prone to waste time sitting on the couch.
Dragons Fired Up For A Change
Dragons Fired Up For A Change
Dragons fired up for a change. Its a perfect description of what these girls
want to accomplish.
Fifteen sixth, seventh, and eighth graders from
Pittsburg Community Middle School were chosen for a program meant to encourage emotional
and physical health among young girls.
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