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Young People Are Participating By Bringing New Solutions to Childhood Obesity

By iParticipate on Tue, Oct 20 2009, 11:57:03

For the second year in a row, Youth Service America is asking young people, as young as middle school children, to help figure out the problem of childhood obesity. Last year, 100 schools and organizations received UnitedHealth HEROES grants that funded youth-led service-learning initiatives promoting healthy eating and physical activity. (Service-learning is an educational strategy that connects community service with the curriculum.)

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