Category: childhood obesity

Trailsnet Joins the Fight Against Childhood Obesity

inline skaters on trail

Active Children Are Healthy Children Every community has numerous outdoor gyms; they are called trails. If kids can find these trails and get to the trails, they will walk on them, play on them, run on them, ride bikes on them, inline skate on them and even play hide-and-seek on them. Trails are free, they’re …

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Michelle Obama Blog Post on Physical Activity

The family that hits the trailtogether, stays fit together. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, has strong feelings and plans for helping kids stay active and fit. Her ideas (summarized below) highlight the importance of a national trail system that is available to everyone and is family friendly. First Lady Column on Physical …

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How to Improve Michelle Obama’s Fight Against Childhood Obesity

I love Michelle Obama’s goals for fighting childhood obesity. I think it is a great campaign and a wonderful choice of causes for our First Lady. I am especially happy that “Increasing Physical Activity” is one of her major goals in the battle against childhood obesity. But those of you who follow my blog, Twitter …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/06/05/how-to-improve-michelle-obamas-fight-against-childhood-obesity/