This month the IHPRA salutes Assistant Professor Valerie Unkrich and the team of physical educators at Iowa Wesleyan College who go the extra mile to serve the Mt. Pleasant community while producing dedicated and competent young professionals.

Project Fit America is a non-profit organizations dedicated to helping our children and youth become more physically prepared for the future.  Numerous Iowa schools have benefited from the PFA effort.  Add one more Des Moines School to the list.  Des Moines physical educator Steve Cox has been a driving force for PFA in Iowa.  Hats off to Steve.

There are now so many obese people living in the USA that we are having a tough time taking care of them after they die.
Super-sized caskets reflect U.S. battle with the bulge.

Iceland Study finds fat/thin gene

Less Gym, More Junk Food
Experts Examine Rising Childhood Obesity Figures

Compare the above article with this one published a year ago.

Socioeconomics plays role in obesity

Obesity explodes from teens to 20s

Diabetes, Obesity on Rise in U.S., Statistics Show

PANMUNJOM, NORTH KOREA
As they gaze across the border at their American enemies, the North Koreans
make jokes about the obesity of the U.S. soldiers.

North Korea Says It's Making Atom Bombs

Washington and Seoul Drifting Further Apart.

South Korean multiple missile launchers troops parade during the 55th Armed Forces Day ceremony at the Sungnam military airport in outskirts of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said that South Korea needs to feel confident that tension over North Korea's nuclear ambitions will be resolved peacefully before it considers sending troops to Iraq. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Some schools are skipping P.E.
Lack of activity said to play obesity role  

Other schools are encouraging youngsters to run.

Coed physical education may have been a malconceived concept, 
but schools continue to shape their programs to comply with the federal law that requires it.

Physical education in Florida is being dismantled.

ABC News reports "Many Schools Cutting Gym Class."

Daily PE classes? Fat chance, kids

Human evolution cannot handle fast food?

Hispanic children are especially at risk for obesity.

Women Lag Behind Men in Vigorous Exercise

Here's a novel solution to the obesity problem.
Declare the obese fit and healthy.

Why the beer belly may be a myth

Beer Belly gene discovered last January

The graphic tracks the dramatic increase in the number of Americans who can be considered extremely obese, according to a report based on surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report covers surveys from 1986 through 2000. The findings appear in Archives of Internal Medicine. (AP Graphic)

1 in 50 Americans Morbidly Obese

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