Healthy Kids, Las Cruces Named in Top 10

Healthy Kids, Las Cruces, a community-wide NM Department of Health program to reduce obesity among youth, was named as a top 10 model program in the nation for its efforts. A big component of Healthy Kids, Las Cruces is to collaborate with community organizations to create and implement guidelines that promote healthy eating and physical activity in youth and families. One of the program's pilot schools, Conlee Elementary School, has increased physical education classes from two to three times a week. This site is also an Exergames Unlocked partner in which exergames are being incorporated in the PE classroom to increase physical activity. For more information on the Healthy Kids, Las Cruces accolade, go to http://www.las-cruces.org/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=2131.