Student Wellness Ambassadors from Towns and Woodson elementary schools joined representatives from The Links, Inc., and Community Voices of the Morehouse College School of Medicine to help kick off a childhood obesity prevention program Thursday at the School of Medicine. (Community Voices promotes projects to help find ways to increase access to quality health care for the under-served and uninsured.)
Gail Anderson, wellness coordinator at the School of Medicine, led students in a series of low-impact aerobic activities to begin the morning, followed by a press conference hosted by WXIA’s Karyn Greer and WAGA’s Aungelique Proctor.
During the event, Mayor Kasim Reed also encouraged students to embrace the program, which is aligned with first lady Michelle Obama‘s Let’s Move campaign to prevent childhood obesity — a growing concern in the United States, particularly among African-American children.