PACE Circuit Training: Kid's Clubs

KID'S FITNESS PROGRAMS

Obesity levels in children have more than doubled in the last 10 years to over 15% and over 30% of America's youth are considered overweight.

Factors such as video games, fast food, computer games, TV, cuts in school physical education programs, all contribute to this problem. More than 60% of today's kids do not participate in organized physical activity
outside of school.

Lack of exercise is a likely contributor to the dramatic increase in type II diabetes among American children.

Benefits to Kids:

Fast results for positive re-enforcement
High calorie burn
Fun introduction into fitness lifestyle
Increases self esteem & confidence
Safely improves fitness levels without muscle soreness, peer pressure or intimidation

Benefits to Facilities:

Attract family memberships
Additional profit centers
Increased community involvement and appreciation
Increased potential new memberships
Increased member retention

Kids PE™ is Ideal for:

Elementary Schools
Health Clubs
Medical/Weight Loss Facilities
Women's Circuit Training Clubs
Community/Rec Centers
Dance/Gymnastics Centers
Martial Arts Centers
Church Youth Groups
Little League, Soccer, School Teams

Kid's PE™ is a fun, non-intimidating, non-competitive fitness program combining strength and cardiovascular exercises in structured, supervised formats.

Kid's PE™ is designed to allow each child to reach his/her optimum fitness level quickly and safely.

Kid's PE™ uses safe hydraulic resistance which accommodates to the fitness level of each child. Hydraulic resistance does not cause muscle soreness and is safe on joints and growing bones.

Kid's PE™ provides a high calorie burn for fast results.

For further information on PACE Fitness' line of hydraulic fitness equipment for children visit our KidsPaceExpress.com website.

PACE Fitness Note

Obesity Drives Kids' Health Down

Obesity is the worst health problem facing U.S. children, causing them to score lower in measurements of overall health than children in 1975, a Duke University study concluded.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that U.S. hospital costs related to childhood obesity have more than tripled in the past 20 years, reaching $127 million.

The American Obesity Association reported that about 7 percent of children were obese in 1976, but that number had more than doubled to 15.3 percent by 2000.

Several studies conducted on students within the Houston Independent School District reveal an even more troubling obesity rate here -- from about 19 percent, in a 2001 study of five elementary schools and one middle school, to as high as 26 percent in a 2003 study of 1,165 students ranging from 12- to 19-years-old.

Obesity rates tend to track higher for Hispanic and African-American children in Houston and across the nation.

Obesity is the most dramatic problem reflected in the Duke study. Researchers found that it took years for children to regain ground lost in several categories during the mid-1980s.

"Kids are doing better, but they are not doing nearly as well as they should be given this country's advances in education, health, and social programs," said Kenneth Land, the Duke University sociologist who developed the index.

The years 1981 through 1994 were particularly rough on kids, Land said, because of an economic recession and changes to the family structure.

By KIM COBB Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle