A new fitness program aimed at curbing Georgia’s growing childhood obesity problem will educate 20,000-plus students on healthy fitness and eating habits.
Nonprofit HealthMPowers and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia Foundation are partnering with 41 Georgia schools to provide lesson plans, exercise DVDs, fitness equipment and a tracking system for students.
Georgia’s childhood obesity rate of 21.3 percent is the second highest in the country, a report by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows.
