Meet Scotty
In and out of foster care for most of his life, Scotty is the epitome of "at-risk" youth. A year into Teens Outside, however, and his life is turning around. He has become a reliable mentor of younger kids...
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Articles of Interest on Getting Youth Active
- Feds Offer Tax Breaks for Getting Kids Off the Couch (Canada), by Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press, January 15, 2007
- Battling a Nature Deficit: The Challenges of the Outdoors Yield real Benefits, by Will Shafroth and John Parr, Denver Post, January 11, 2007
- Kids Scale the Walls, and the Principal Approves, by Stephen Regenold, New York Times, March 9, 2006
- Schools receive wellness mandate from government: Get kids fit, by Carmen Musick, Times-News, Sunday, November 27, 2005
- Poll: Parents struggle to get kids off the couch, AP, Wednesday, November 16, 2005
- Childhood pastimes are increasingly moving indoors, by Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY, July 12, 2005
- Pump Up the Family: When parents and kids eat right and exercise together, healthy homes can be happy homes, Newsweek, April 25, 2005
- "Journeys: Into the Wilderness, Kids in Tow" A Special Section in the New York Times, August 20, 2004
- Overcoming Inactivity in Young People, by James F. Sallis, PhD The Physician and Sportsmedicine, VOL 28, NO. 10 October 2000
Articles of Interest on Inactivity, Obesity and Getting Americans Active
- Fat Cities: How modern life encourages obesity—and what we can do about it, by Helen Cordes, Sierra Magazine, January/February 2005
- America's Fittest and Fattest Cities, By Jennifer Warner, WebMD Medical News, January 5, 2005
- Americas Obesity Crisis, Time Magazine, June 7, 2004
- Obesity on track as No. 1 killer, By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY, 3/9/2004
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