Apr
23
Rally combats rising rates of childhood obesity in Mich. - MSU State News(Childhood Obesity News)
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The event provided both education and activities to about 100 children in Lansing public schools, as well as an opportunity for medical students to help lobby for four bills promoting physical education and awareness in schools. MSU medical students to meet with 37 representatives from the Michigan House and Senate to talk about four bills that would set specific requirements for the amount of physical education children in Michigan elementary and middle schools would receive, as well as giving them instruction on diet and health in grades 3-12. Although Eftekhar said the group will try to see the bills passed before the end of 2010, there are many factors which could affect their passage. But even if the bills do not pass, the event still was effective in encouraging students to adopt healthier lifestyles, Wisdom said. Lansing fifth-grader Dmiestro Watson, one of Viachesā students who practices tae kwon do and follows the food pyramid, said the day was educational. Wisdom said the event also provided the community with encouragement to work to reduce childhood obesity. Read Childhood Obesity
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