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US fitness club caters to obese, overweight children (AFP)

Wednesday, 06 December 2006

A seven-year-old child participates in a 42-station, 60-minute circuit class at the Youth Visions Fitness Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. The center aims at giving obese children five to 16 years old a chance to work out and lose weight. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence of overweight among school-aged children aged 6 to 11 is 18.8 percent.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - Amid the laughter, chatter and perspiration, a group of 30 children are hard at work on stationary bicyles, rowing machines and jogging pads at a kids-only gym in this Washington suburb.


 
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