{"id":2719,"date":"2019-11-11T07:22:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T07:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2021-03-31T00:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:36:14","slug":"boot-camp-held-in-city-to-fight-childhood-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/boot-camp-held-in-city-to-fight-childhood-obesity\/","title":{"rendered":"Boot camp held in city to fight childhood obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: thehindu.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/boot-camp-held-in-city-to-fight-childhood-obesity\/#%E2%80%98Must_make_better_use_of_open_spaces\" >\u2018Must make better use of open spaces\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/boot-camp-held-in-city-to-fight-childhood-obesity\/#The_school_bag_issue\" >The school bag issue<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"intro\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Must_make_better_use_of_open_spaces\"><\/span>\u2018Must make better use of open spaces\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"content-body-14269002-29939914\">\n<p>An endurance building and running boot camp designed to enhance fitness levels in\u00a0<strong>children\u00a0<\/strong>was held in the city on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The boot camp aimed at creating awareness of childhood obesity, was organised by Love Your Parks\u00a0<strong>Mumbai\u00a0<\/strong>(LYP) along with Kleinetics and Mumbai Juniorthon at Bandra\u2019s Patwardhan Park. Children between the ages of five and 16 participated.<\/p>\n<p>Bhavna Mehta, founder, Juniorthon, said children should make better use of open spaces, and that childhood obesity needs to be fought in their developmental years.<\/p>\n<p>The boot camp involved seven to eight \u2018time-bound stations,\u2019 each focussing on different ways of skill development. \u201cThe high knees that we are using today teach speed, the agility poles help in strengthening the lower body. We also have jigsaws which would help in concentration building. The children will learn how to deal with obstructions and react faster and improve adaptability,\u201d Namrata Thakur, a national-level football player who was coaching the children, said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_school_bag_issue\"><\/span>The school bag issue<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ms. Thakur said children these days hesitate even to carry their own school bags. \u201cFor this, we have incorporated bits of jumping, soccer, throwing and speed shoots which is a favourite among the children here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raksha Jain, mother of eight-year-old Garv, a participant at the camp, said boot camps are essential in helping build fitness in children. \u201cMy son is into gymnastics and skating because I understand something like physical fitness needs attention in children from a nascent age. I feel the mentality of parents is slowly changing. Many of them are aware of the importance of physical activity in fighting childhood obesity, which is on the rise in India, but do not act upon it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LYP is a community-led initiative to promote utilisation of open spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[47,140,1687,51],"class_list":["post-2719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss-gain","tag-childhood","tag-healthy","tag-mumbai","tag-obesity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boot camp held in city to fight childhood obesity - MyMedicPlus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/boot-camp-held-in-city-to-fight-childhood-obesity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boot camp held in city to fight childhood obesity - 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