Center for the Healing & Cultural Arts

OBESITY IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.

15.5% of adolescents (ages 12 to 19) and 15.3% of children (ages 6 to 11) are obese.

Childhood obesity encourages diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.
In 1968, 80% of kids were active in sport activities everyday. That number is now 20%.
By age 17, the average child has spent more time watching television than attending school.
25% of the children today in the US think that french fries are a vegetable.
Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the past four decades. calorie-dense, fatty, salt diet eaten by American child.

25% of kids under 10 years of age have high cholesterol, high blood pressure or some other contributor of heart disease. A new report has issued a stark warning that children’s lives will be shorter than their parent’s if this trend continues.

Childhood obesity has been running rampant in our society and spreading like an untamed fire. It is a dangerous and growing problem.

Obesity in teens has risen over the past twenty years and something needs to be done about it to help them. Plus being an obese teenager is not fun at all socially, and most, if not all, obese teens really want help losing their weight. There is help for overweight and teen obesity at Chastity House. These include a goal of 10,000 steps per day as measured on pedometers, dancersize, food journaling, culinary classes.

At Chastity House teens will be given the opportunity to experience Healthy Habits in this program as follows:

Learn healthy eating habits
Culinary Sessions
Social and conscious eating in different environments
Increased self-confidence
Weight loss and maintenance through dance and exercise
F.U.N. (Friends United Network)
Memories to last a lifetime
Setting and achieving goals
Continue weight loss success
Reduce Screen Time Skills and knowledge to become a successful long-term weight controller. This program empowers CKs to take charge of their lives and their weight.