$15,000 grant to help fight local childhood obesity in Huron County stat : Norwalk Reflector

The health department received more than they expected to help the fight against obesity locally from the Safe Routes to School grant. "It's not just related to kids walking to school. It's not just increasing kids walking to school. "It's based on the obesity rates in children climbing so we want them to exercise more," health commissioner Tim Hollinger said. "OK, because I was thinking, we have like the Greenwich kids (who) can't walk to South Central," he said.




The findings suggest that encouraging fathers to increase their involvement with raising children and including fathers in childhood Obesity prevention efforts may help reduce obesity risk among young children. In a recent study, fathers' increased involvement with child caregiving was linked with a decreased likelihood that their children would become obese from age 2 to 4. Fathers are becoming more involved with raising children, but limited research has examined their association with childhood obesity. "While due to data limitations we could only consider the involvement of fathers, it is also important to understand the relative caregiving involvement of both mothers and fathers." "There is growing evidence of the importance of fathers' involvement in raising children in other areas of children's development, and our study suggests that there may be benefits to child health as well," said Dr. Michelle Wong, lead author of the Obesity study.

How Harris County and Cy-Fair ISD are targeting childhood obesity

"Students need good nutrition year-round so they can learn, grow and succeed in life," CFISD Food Services Director Darin Crawford said. 6-are considered food deserts, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.This division can be observed in Cy-Fair ISD. Obesity rates are highest in Texas House districts 126 and 138, which cover the eastern and southern parts of CFISD. The figure has prompted local entities to promote healthy eating and more active lifestyles at an early age in recent years as well as lobbying for legislation to combat high obesity rates. "Childhood obesity comes with an estimated price facebook/" target="_blank">tagof $19,000 per child when comparing lifetime medical costs to those of a normal-weight child," Barnes said.Weight gain causesNearly half of Cy-Fair children are classified as overweight or obese, according to Healthy Living Matters, a public-private collaboration created by Harris County Public Health.


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