We are happy to feature a guest blogger this week from one of Jump IN’s most valuable partners, the Marion County Public Health Department. Enjoy! The Costs of Physical Inactivity Physical activity is one of the best things that can be done by any one person to prevent or decrease the onset of many chronic…
It’s more complex than you may think… part 1 of 3 in a series for National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month (September) Maybe you’ve heard that 20% of children nationally—and 40% right here in central Indiana—are overweight or obese. Perhaps you know this makes childhood overweight and obesity 3 times more common today than it was…
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, providing an opportunity to highlight not only the health challenges facing our children, but also the solutions that we’re promoting through our work at Jump IN for Healthy Kids. In central Indiana 4 out of 10 children are estimated to be overweight or obese. That’s nearly a quarter…
Health. Moves. Minds: As part of the Healthy Schools Action Team, Jump IN assisted last week in putting on Health. Moves. Minds., a superintendents symposium to assist in educating Indiana school district leaders in educating on the Whole Child, Whole School, and Whole Community model. Attendants included superintendents from 34 Indiana counties, impacting 385 schools. The Whole Child, Whole…
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released its top 10 list of threats to global health in 2019. Number two on that list is noncommunicable diseases, many of which are related to overweight and obesity. Obesity is associated with noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, which account for 70% of deaths worldwide – 41 million…
