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Updated: 6:50 PM Sep 8, 2010
Local Schools Helping Kids Eat Healthier
Michelle Obama has kicked off the next phase of her 'Let's Move!' campaign.
Posted: 6:15 PM Sep 8, 2010Reporter: Andrew Dawson Email Address: Andrew.Dawson@wbko.com |
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Michelle Obama has kicked off the next phase of her 'Let's Move!' campaign.
She wants to solve child obesity and is focusing on children's nutrition and physical exercise.
One local school, Warren Elementary is helping on that front by serving fresh fruit and vegetables to all students three times a week.
And it's making a difference.
"I think because of the fruit and vegetables we get every day help us in different ways to concentrate, focus and play harder outside," Sixth Grader Alayjaih White said.
Warren Elementary is able to provide the food because of a grant it received for over $40,000.
It isn't the only school receiving help to stay healthy.
At Bristow Elementary all the food is now baked, not fried.
It's an effort to do best for the students.
"We just want to do what's best for kids. We know if they eat healthy they feel good, they can perform better in school," Director of Food Services Gina Howard said.
The Warren County school district also works with local farmers to get fresh produce in all the schools, not just one.
But at Warren Elementary where the fruit is handed out three days a week the principal says he knows it makes a difference.
"I can see the advantages in several different directions. The students at our school don't get a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables so you can definitely see a difference in their eyes after they have eaten it. They're alert more in the afternoons, ready to learn just a little more before we go home," Principal Josh Porter said.
In the spring the school is going to try to create the 'Guinness Book of World Records' largest recorded fruit tray.


