Today about 1 in 3 children and youth (ages 2-19) in the United States are already overweight or obese. Overweight kids are more likely to become overweight adults. Some experts believe that if obesity among kids continues to increase at this rate, our current generation could become the FIRST in American history to live shorter lives than their parents. 

Obese & Overweight Children are at Risk for Serious Health Problems

Diabetes is on the rise.  Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult-onset diabetes.  Now, the rise in childhood obesity is linked to a dramatic rise in the number of children suffering from type 2 diabetes.

There may be a link between the rise in childhood obesity and the rise in childhood asthma. Extra weight can make it harder to breathe and can inflame the respiratory tract. Children with serious asthma are more likely to be overweight.

Being overweight or out of shape makes the heart work harder. Overweight children are more likely to grow up to be overweight adults and more likely to develop serious heart problems.

Access to Healthy Food and Physical Activity is Disappearing

Only about 20 percent of high school seniors report eating fruit and green vegetables five or more times a day.

Foods offered in school vending machines are often of little nutritional value and can be loaded with fats, sugars, salt and calories.

92% of elementary schools do not have daily physical education classes year-round. About 1/3 of high school students take daily physical education classes.

Recess is disappearing.  Nearly one-third of elementary schools do not schedule recess on a regular basis. Some schools lack the space to play while others feel that recess is a waste of time.

Kid Fit is the fitness program developed by Premier Kidz Foundation to teach kids about the importance of exercising, proper nutrition, and keeping an active lifestyle. 

Hundreds of thousands of children dread going to school each day to face the taunts, jeers, and humiliation inflicted by bullies. Bullies are children who intentionally and repeatedly inflict psychological or physical damage on other, less-powerful children in order to inflate their own sense of self-worth.

A bully can turn something like going to the bus stop or recess into a nightmare for kids. Bullying can leave deep emotional scars that last a lifetime. In extreme situations, it can culminate into violent threats, property damage, or someone getting seriously hurt.

Let us teach your child to be Bully Proof!

Empower your child with the self-esteem and confidence they need to better deal with, recognize, and avoid these situations, and when all reasonable options have been exhausted, how to protect and defend themselves from any serious physical or emotional harm.

Whether the abuse is physical, verbal, mental, or emotional, bullying can be devastating to both the victim and the environment in which it happens. Our professional instructors can teach your family how to appropriately handle this all too familiar situation the correct way!