Children Need More Than Just Gym Class at School
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009As adults, we need to be stay active and fit to remain healthy and live longer. Using sportaholik.com as a resource helps us do so however, we also need to be an example to our kids. A new study seems to make that even more evident:
Compulsory gym class in school does little to reduce childhood obesity, meaning more must be done after school to curb the growing fat epidemic, according to a study.
In Canada, childhood obesity rates have quadrupled in the past 40 years and now stand at about 30 per cent. The solution to the epidemic, many have long argued, must start at home. More at healthzone.ca (The Toronto Star)