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Obesity \
By NANCY ANN COLEMAN
Gamreock Staff Writer
A clumsy cloud of adolescence
puffs his final lap around a junior
high track 10 minutes after his pals
have broken for water.
He finishes and that's something.
For the most part, his classmates
act as if they don't notice the
inordinate time and exertion
required for a feat so easy to them.
A few embarrass him with overcompensating
praise; some tease,
as youngsters will.
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altered balance, a low success rate
in physical activities and usually
poor self-esteem," Laura Festa, a
USC doctoral student in health
education, said.
FESTA AND four other physical
education specialists will attempt
to correct the bad habits leading to
obesity in children in a six-week
program to be held from 1 to 5 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, June 12
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awards for the correction of eating
and exercise habits, the program
will be under the direction of Dr.
Roger Sargent, associate dean of
the School of Health and Physical
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Bruce Wilson, Stephanie Vincent
and Festa will work as behavioral
interventionists with Mary Hughes
as data coordinator and Carol
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Interested parents are invited to
an informational meeting at 7:30
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will be an aerobics fitness
program. "They won't be competing
against the other kids, but
against their own records. As soon
as they finish their first mile, they
get a ribbon," Festa said. "After a
cumulative 20 miles, they get a
patch and after 25, a T-shirt."
The second hour will consist of
an eating management seminar
designed to teach healthful eating
strategies, "it s not so much about
what to eat as how to eat," Festa
said.
SOME OF the rules of healthful
eating for both adults and children
include:
Maintain a slow pace. Fast food
chains have encouraged the intake
of more food than needed in less
time than required for proper
digestion.
Eat in an environment that is
pleasant to you. Festa said she
uses her good china and even
candles to increase her enjoyment
of the proper foods.
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Try to avoid eating
simultaneously with other activities
such as watching
television. "There's no way to
maximize two variables; you don't
get maximum enjoyment from
your food," Festa said. "To eat
less, you have to enjoy it more."
Regarding exercise, resta
recommends developing an
awareness of small environmental
changes in lifestyle that can result
in caloric expenditure. Children
should use the stairs instead of
elevators. Adults should stop
parking in the closest possible
space to their destination, thus
avoiding beneficial exercise.
Parents with children in the
program will be asked to let them
out one block from the P. E. Center
to encourage this new attitude
toward exercise.
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identified strengths. The final hour
of each class will involve 16
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Up to 40 children will be enrolled
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pounds, changes in ratio of fat to muscle
and increases in self
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confronted obesity as a personal
health problem. This year, through
participation in an adult obesity
program, Festa said she lost 35
pounds and can now run a mile,
something she "couldn't conceive
of" in the past.
"We feel the kids can identify
with us," she said. "Kids and
adults are both human and, with
us, they don't get the negative
pressure so common to obese
persons in our society."
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