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More from Local NewsUnitedHealth Group is giving children in California the opportunity to become "healthcare heroes" by learning about childhood obesity.
UnitedHealth HEROES is designed to encourage young people, working through educators and youth leaders, to create and implement local programs to address the issue of childhood obesity.
Schools and youth-focused, community center-based programs are eligible for grants of $500 or $1,000. Grants will be awarded to programs that demonstrate a clear understanding of the health risks associated with pediatric obesity; propose creative solutions to combating obesity in their schools and communities; and can be easily implemented.
Applications are available at www.ysa.org/awards — click on the "Grants and Awards" tab, then UnitedHealth HEROES. The Web site also has more information about the program. Applications must be submitted online before midnight Jan. 15. Grant recipients will be notified in February.
UnitedHealth Group is partnering with Youth Service America to launch the program.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 30 percent of young people are obese and more than 60 percent have at least one avoidable risk for heart disease.
Posted by DiAnna1 on January 23, 2009 at 4:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Everywhere and everyplace speaks of Child Obesity I work in a Cafeteria and believe me the food is not good and healthy at all. It has so much fat its dripping with grease. The state wants bigger portions for the kids even though they are getting chubbier and chubbier I don't understand why we have to make kids take more food then they want. The state has now increased the portion size. I think its ridiculous. We also give seconds just about everyday and its the fatter kids who try to run to be the first for second serving of greasy fating Cafeteria food.
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