We're Making A Health Investment!
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We're Making A Health Investment!
Our long-term health investment vision continues to focus on reducing youth obesity rates and the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes diagnosis by empowering them to live healthier lives.
- In Iowa, 16.9% of youth ages 10 to 17 have obesity, giving Iowa a ranking of 18 among the 50 states with Kentucky ranking 1 at 23.8% and Arizona ranking 50 at 10.2% [Source: State of Childhood Obesity]
- In the Muscatine County Schools, there are Type 1 and Type 2 youth diabetes diagnoses.
- Research has proven kids who get more physical activity do better in school than children that do not.
- Researchers found students who exercise more score higher on math, language and memory tests. Exercise increases the blood flow to the brain, stimulating a sense of well-being.