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Clinton Honors Tampa Schools For Anti-Obesity Efforts

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The Associated Press

Published: August 6, 2008

Updated: 08/06/2008 12:35 pm

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Former President Clinton is honoring 43 schools for their anti-obesity efforts, including Tampa's Kenly and Clair-Mel elementary schools.

In a ceremony today at his presidential library in Little Rock, Clinton will recognize the schools from a dozen states for their participation in the Healthy Schools Program. It's a joint initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association.

Kenly banished candy from its building.

A school in New Jersey offers a fitness club to students, and the staff does yoga twice a week.

The Healthy Schools Program started in 2006 and now includes nearly 3,000 schools and more than 1.66 million students. It provides in-person support to 1,364 schools and aims to boost that number to 8,000 by 2010.

For information, go to www.healthiergeneration.org/schools.

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