Children's Health & Fitness ? Battling Childhood Obesity

May 7th, 2012 by Len Saunders

From Fox 6 in Michigan on Project ACES?..

At first glance one might think kids at Cherry Creek Elementary School in Chocolay Township were just playing around, but it turns out they may have been learning a value lesson.

Last week kids in Chocolay Township and across the nation participated in Project ACES, or All Children Exercise Simultaneously, and the goal is simple ? keep kids moving and having fun.

?We definitely have a trend of more TV time, more computer time, just more screen time in general and I think that if we can incorporate more ways to reduce the sitting behavior the better,? said Lanae Joubert, a physical trainer and Project ACES coordinator for Cherry Creek.

According to the Center for Disease Control childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years.

This growing trend leaves adolescents more susceptible in developing illnesses like heart disease, and diabetes when they get older.

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