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Building Youth Through Music/WayOut Kids in the fight against Childhood Obesity. Help us get kids to be active, eat healthy, and have fun!

WayOut Kids/BYTM cares about today’s issues facing our children.  Our mission is to use music and multimedia as the platform for change and create alternative learning opportunities for children.

Did you know that?

A 2005 study found that kids today may lead shorter lives by two to five years than their parents because of obesity.

32% of children and adolescents today — 25 million kids — are obese or overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

There has been a decline of 10% in P.E and estimated that 2 – 5% of obese children over 5 years of age have a nonalcoholic fatty liver, moving liver disease into the fore-front of children’s extreme health issues. 

According to the Center for Disease Control, over 9 Million children ages 6 – 19 are overweight or obese and this number has tripled since 1980.  Furthermore, the obesity rate for preschool children ages 2 – 5 has more than doubled.
 

What are we doing to help in the fight?

Over the past year our organization worked with sixteen vibrate children and Rodney Raccoon to create a fitness, health & nutrition DVD to help children, parents and educators. 

$15.99 Fun with Fitness DVD

This fun, live-action educational fitness DVD was designed to pique the interest of young children while motivating them to learn nutrition and participate in physical activity. The video focuses on a workout that helps in the development of strong and healthy bodies by incorporating fun with Rodney Raccoon and exercises that will promote strength, coordination, and cardiovascular endurance. It also identifies the dangerous amounts of sugar found in junk food, a wide array of fruits and vegetables and stresses the importance of healthy food choices.  Studies have shown that more than 75% of children 6 – 11 do not eat the minimum of 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit a day.

Our goal

1. Develop Healthy Tip segments to be viewed on television 5 days a week for increased visibility of the program.

2. During the 2010 – 2011 school year, Rodney Raccoon host 50 Elementary schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, daycares and YMCA’s in educational workshops demonstrating the importance of health, fitness and nutrition. 

3. Distribute 100,000 DVDs throughout the country

4. Develop a curriculum to go along with the project/program

5. Partner with other organizations in the fight against childhood obesity 

There are several ways you can help

• Donate $15 $25 $50 or more

• Purchase a DVD for your child, relative or someone less fortunate

• Put together small fundraisers in your community to help

• Join our team and volunteer your time for one of our upcoming community events/fundraisers

Make a contribution and add your name or organization to the list of supporter’s today! With your help we can make a difference.

Organizations who've joined the fight : Present & Past Supporters

• Multicare Center for Healthy Living

• The YMCA

• Sequoia Foundation

• Kelly Foundation

• Metro Parks

• Sequoia Foundation

• The Russell Foundation

• World Vision

• KBTC/PBS

• The Boy's & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound

• Tacoma School District

• Clover Park School District

• The City of Tacoma

• Comcast Cable

• BCRA Architects

• Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

• Columbia Bank

• United Way of Pierce County

• Safe Streets

• Briscom

• Signs by Tomorrow

• Associated Chiropractors

• Dynasti Media

• The Harmon & Hub restaurants

Obesity costs the country a staggering $147 billion a year in weight-related medical bills, according to government data.

How can this DVD help our youth?

• Increase knowledge of the food groups and MyPyramid (food guide pyramid)

• Increase knowledge of nutrition functions

• Encourage healthy eating

• Provides a convenient and affordable way to exercise at home or school when weather is harsh and gym costs are high

• According to the CDC, state and federal governments spend one thousand times more to treat disease than to prevent it ($1,390 vs. $1.21 per person each year).

• Increase school attendance rates due to decrease in illnesses

• Improve their self-concept, mood, mental health and self-esteem