Research shows that one in three youth in this country are overweight or obese. (American Heart Association) Teaching kids that exercise can be fun may help these numbers to improve.

Every Healthy Kids Week has been held the last week of April since 2013. The mission of Every Healthy Kid is to mobilize school professionals, families and communities to take actions that lead to healthy eating, physical activity and healthier schools where kids will thrive.

With this in mind, the (SNAP) Supplemental Nutritional Program Assistant in Anderson County Kentucky put together a traveling obstacle course for three of the schools in her county. Using pool noodles, cones, hopscotch and yoga mats, the kids got plenty of physical activity by running, jumping, hopping and crawling over and under the many stations.

Nationwide 1,300 schools and 600,000 students, teachers and parents participated in the Every Kid Healthy Event.(www.everykidhealthyweek.org) In Anderson County alone there were 600 student participants and an additional 300 in the other counties we serve.