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NIKE Proposal: Student Exercise Program

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them into an ever-growing group of overweight, out of shape youths. In response to this unacceptable reality, Exerseas proposes Project Jump to the health-oriented commitment put forth by Nike,  a foremost spokesfigure in the quest for physical and mental wellbeing. Evidence to support the claim is found in the fact that exercise is the bodys lifeblood, no matter what  age group. By starting early, children form healthful and positive patterns of exercise that ultimately carry them into adulthood. Indeed, the formative years are critical for both physical  and mental development, with exercise playing an integral role in that formation. This is not to say that every student in Temecula is required to run five miles a  day and bench press two hundred pounds as a means by which to get and stay in shape, but rather it is to how even minimal exercising proves highly beneficial  to the childs physiological and psychological well-being. As Farrington (1995) notes, "when you feel and look better, you feel better about yourself" (p. 6). Consequences of meeting the need  include fending off obesity, improving mental aptitude and dealing with stress. Among the most important reasons to get children into an exercise routine that is both fun and productive  is to stave off the undesired alternative of obesity. Research indicates there are particular periods in a childs life when growth and development occur at a specific rate, often  setting the stage for obesity if not carefully regulated. Moreover, the risk for obesity is "markedly increased" (Goran et al, 1998, p. 887) during three different stages: infancy, prepuberty  and adolescence. Girls appear to have more of a propensity toward obesity than boys during these three stages; however, this is not to say that boys do not run