It was a great experience. I really learned a lot about leadership and myself. In November, students from Jefferson and Kennedy High Schools attended a youth leadership retreat at YMCA Camp Icaghowan in Amery, Wisconsin. The City's Human Services and Public Health Divisions, Galaxy Youth Center and Bloomington United for Youth sponsored the retreat. The youth will meet in February and April for additional leadership training and will participate in service learning projects within our community.
Overweight youth are at risk of developing serious health conditions.
Insufficient physical activity and unhealthy diets are two of the main contributors to youth obesity. Overweight youth have a greater risk of developing a variety of serious, often life-threatening, conditions such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and cancer. Type 2 diabetes, which usually develops in adults over age 40 and is directly related to obesity, has skyrocketed among children. Popularity of take-out food which has bigger portions and more calories than meals prepared at home. Lack of after-school programs for adolescents.