Childhood Obesity - Do you have an overweight child? We offer tips to help your child lose weight and get fit!

For a group of middle school students in California, the days of sitting (or lying) in the grass during gym class, listening to a lecture about softball rules are over. At Antelope Crossing Middle School, physical education students don't have much time for lying around (unless, of course, they're on their backs doing so some ab crunches)

These days, you're more likely to find students checking the heart-rate monitors they've strapped on during jump rope to "stay in the zone," try for that aerobic threshold on the step trainer, and harden those abdominals and obliques with side planks. -- Source: Fort Meyers (Fla.) News-Press

In 2008, the National Association for Sport and Physical Education selected Antelope as one of the nation's four "star schools." Antelope's award-winning program is aimed at teaching students not only to engage in a lifetime of physical activity, but also to enjoy the experience.

Finding physical activities that a child enjoys is an important part of encouraging that child to get an adequate amount of exercise. Children who remain active -- and who follow a nutritious diet -- are less likely to experience the many health effects of childhood obesity.

Labels: middle school, exercise, physical_education

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