60 minutes of physical activity a day
By: Donald Robinson
Updated: March 2, 2013
GREEN BAY (WFRV) - The Green Bay Packers 10th Annual Project Leap was held Saturday in the Atrium at Lambeau Field. Its to encourages children and their parents to get out and be more active.
Keeping kids active is what Project Leap is all about. That's why 60 minutes of physical activity a day is what this event stresses.
Children often learn their eating habits from their parents. In the Fox Valley alone, 62 percent of adults are overweight or obese. its a hard thing to fight especially the older you get.
According to the New York University Child Study Center, childhood obesity has become a disturbing national epidemic and has grown considerably in the past two decades. also the Centers for Disease Control says about 15 percent of children and adolescents are now overweight.
