Welcome to
Fit Kids!
Fit Kids is a project for children dedicated to promoting awareness in the areas of nutrition, exercise and health. Our mission is to form, inform, and transform today’s youth and foster in them a culture of health and wellness.

How we are meeting these goals:

  • A comprehensive website for children and their parents to visit for nutritional advice, recipes, articles on health and exercise, body image, Q&A, and more.
  • A free 12 week program geared to helping children attain a healthier lifestyle through education, support, organized activities, speaker events and challenges.
Currently more than 65% of Americans are overweight or obese. Of these, 16-33% are children and adolescents.

Facts:

  • Over the past three decades, the childhood obesity rate has more than doubled for preschool children aged 2-5 years and adolescents aged 12-19 years,
  • Obesity has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 years.
  • 1 in 5 four year olds is obese
  • Approximately nine million children over 6 years of age are considered obese
  • Weight related Type II diabetes has doubled among children since 2008.
  • It is estimated that 1/3 of all children will suffer from weight related diabetes
  • Children are presenting with other weight related illnesses such as high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
  • Only one third of our youth are meeting physical activity recommendation levels.
  • Only 17% eat fruits and vegetables five or more times a day.
  • The annual cost to society for obesity is estimated at nearly $2.5 trillion
  • A child overweight at the age of eight has an 80% chance of being an obese adult.
The predictable future, if these trends were to continue, will be a society of children who grow up suffering with adult health issues and children who grow into obese or overweight adults.  The negative factors are not exclusively medical.  Overweight and obese children suffer psychosocial effects and as a result have low self esteem, fewer opportunities in school, and a smaller social circle.  Obese individuals may consequently have less education, lower incomes and higher poverty rates.

This generation of youth will be the first
not to outlive their parents.