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Statistics show that one in every 3 children in the United States is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity puts children at risk for health problems that were once seen only in adults, like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.<\/p>\n
The good news is that childhood obesity can be prevented.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve all been told over and over the importance of eating healthy and the importance of exercise. We know what must be done. It\u2019s time we do it! Los Fresnos let\u2019s think preventative.<\/p>\n
The plan: Incorporate one nutritional change and physical change into your family\u2019s daily regimen. Big or small the decision is yours and the benefits are your families.<\/p>\n
Example of a Nutritional Change: Adding a small salad to your dinner plate.<\/p>\n
Example of a Physical Change: Going for a 30 minute walk with your family after dinner.<\/p>\n
As your Community Health Worker I\u2019m happy to announce Los Fresnos is getting healthier! More and more people are looking to improve their quality of life by exercising and making healthier choices in their diets. We\u2019ve seen a tremendous response from the Free exercise classes being offered at the Los Fresnos Memorial Park Mon-Fri at 8:30 am.<\/p>\n
For your children\u2019s after school physical Activity, stop by the Boy\u2019s and Girl\u2019s club of Los Fresnos offering Fitness and Nutrition support on Wednesday\u2019s from 3-6:30 pm. and a variety of classes Mon-Fri from 3-6:30 pm.<\/p>\n
The Green Ghost Academy located on Hwy 100 next to Charlie Clark Nissan is offering \u201cFree\u201d Adults and Children\u2019s Karate, Jujitsu and Wrestling classes. Children\u2019s classes are Mon-Wed from 4:30-5:30 pm. Adult classes are Mon-Thur 5:30-6:30 pm.<\/p>\n
Additional after school programs such as the Ace program are offered at Elementary schools throughout Los Fresnos.<\/p>\n
For more information on our class schedule, upcoming events, health and wellness support or to schedule a group screening please contact me, Christine De La Rosa @ 956-407-3348 or email me at Cdelarosa@citylf.us<\/a>. Please Like us on Facebook<\/a> \u00a0or visit us on the web at www.citylf.us<\/a><\/p>\n Christine De La Rosa<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Statistics show that one in every 3 children in the United States is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity puts children at risk for health problems that were once seen only in adults, like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. The good news is that childhood obesity can be prevented. We\u2019ve all been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-because-your-health-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions\/2518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCommunity Health Worker<\/em><\/p>\n