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Show Wogram Stresses Healthy Lifestyle those unwanted fbUng 'ha. goal? , us School District l problem head s ' n arly 2,000 em-Aed em-Aed first, explains d tnctphysical edu-11 edu-11 h health d rector. In Health De-ffiator. De-ffiator. they outsat out-sat could see some ;;rirwav before Christmas, that will cover a variety of health facets. Emphasizing the program hopefully will be expanded to include the general public, Miss Valentine says it starts with a four and one-hour assessment that "covers the bases" from having subjects take a sub-maximual bicycle test to determine body fat composition, com-position, flexibility and muscular mus-cular strength, blood pressure and heart rate both resting and exercising level. And if that's not enough, participants parti-cipants are asked to complete a written form lising their eating habits and whether they smoke or use seat belts, for example. A COMPUTER analysis takes that nutritional data and gives a printout, breaking down various foods eaten over a period of time into their vitamin vita-min and fiber content, for example. ex-ample. It let's a person know where he is, nutritionally and otherwise, other-wise, vs. where you should be to obtain desired results, she notes. "It helps you see exactly exact-ly what you should eat" and gives a guide for long-term eating eat-ing habits. OFTEN, A dieter is told to eat food with fiber or less fat thanks to the improved lifestyle, lifes-tyle, Mr. Hill says. Hopefully insurance costs will drop, giving more funds for other areas, helping both the school district and individuals, indi-viduals, as well, he adds, with Davis Education Assoc. Executive Ex-ecutive Secretary Dee Burn-ingham Burn-ingham emphasizing that group's support. "EVERYTHING tells us we have to. Medical costs in this country have gone up from the point they took maybe four percent of the gross national product to today, it's over 10 percent and moving towards 12 percent. We just can't allow that to continue. "Individuals have to start controlling their own lives," he continues, noting most of the major diseases have been contained, leaving quality of life largely to individual lifestyle. lifes-tyle. AND, MORE basic, he adds, "Good health means good teaching and vitality to the whole program. We hope it (program) may become a model mod-el that will demonstrate what can be done and that other groups can (also) go ahead with it." but not given specific helps, she continues. Those different foods are explained in two hours of the assessment with team members including a nurse, who talks about today's major health problems, an exercise ex-ercise consultant, who explains ex-plains how an exercise program prog-ram should be undertaken, to a dietician speaking on nutrition and health educator who explains ex-plains the need to commit behavior be-havior modification and work strategies. On-going classes are planned plan-ned covering aerobic dance, body conditioning, jogging, walking and perhaps some sports activities, Mr. Hill notes, with the program offered for a small fee. "IT'S ALL aimed at helping increase productivity, not only in reducing sick days but assisting students, utlimatelv. |