Michael Myette is receiving specialty training in pediatrics at UC Davis Medical Center. He and other pediatrics residents have been teaching students in the third and fifth grades at five different elementary schools in Sacramento during the school year. The students receiving the lessons today are in the fifth grade. The idea underlying the lessons is that lifestyle habits are formed in childhood. If children can be influenced to develop good ones at an early age, they greatly improve their chances of reducing their risk of cardiovascular disease as adults.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
Myette will lead the children in jumping rope and other exercises and let the students use stethoscopes to listen to their hearts. All rights reserved.