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14

Topic: Childhood Obesity News - Vikings' Greenway, Dairy Council Tackle Childhood Obesity - The Farmer

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Northeast Middle School in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Vikings, National Dairy Council and the Midwest Dairy Council are partnering together to launch Fuel Up to Play 60, a new initiative aimed at tackling childhood obesity by giving youth a voice in changing the school nutrition and physical activity environment. Northeast Middle School, part of the Minneapolis Public School system, and its 400 youth will compete against 36 million other students in 60,000 elementary, middle and high schools nationally to make healthy changes in their local schools and communities. Fuel Up to Play 60 is a free, youth-led program that empowers children and teens to take charge of their health and work with school leaders to create opportunities for 60 minutes of daily physical activity and to make more healthy foods available at school, like low-fat and fat-free dairy foods, fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Meals and snacks consumed at school provide one-third to 50 percent of a student’s daily nutritional needs, making the school environment an ideal setting for teaching these healthy behaviors so they become lifelong habits. Read Childhood Obesity

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