Adolescent Participation in vigorous physical activity by grade (Fitness 3 or more days per week for 20 or more minutes per occasion) in MA (2001)
9th 68%
10th 64%
11th 61%
12th 57%
Girlfriends for KEEPS
- Girlfriends for KEEPS (Keys to Eating, Exercising, Playing, and Sharing) is an obesity prevention program for low-income African American girls in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- 12 week program, meets after-school twice a week for an hour each time
- For ages 8-10
- The program was developed by the Girls Health Enrichment Multi-Site Studies (GEMS), a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored multi-center research
- Run at 3 sites, serving 26 girls in one year.
- Incentives are built into the programming, i.e. attendance beads and merchandise.
