Together as one.Nothing captures our attention more than the health and safety of a child. All of us want the best for our own children, and we also seek to better the lives of the children in our communities and ultimately the world. None of us can deny those feelings. When the topic of obesity was first raised as a medical issue in the U.S., the feeling was one of ambivalence ambivalence (ămbĭv`ələns), coexistence of two opposing drives, desires, feelings, or emotions toward the same person, object, or goal. The ambivalent person may be unaware of either of the opposing wishes. . Yet the talk continued. Soon we all realized that the second running boom ran counter to another boom, the waist-line expansion--and it had spread. Kids became the fastest growing segment in society, not in numbers in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. See also: Number but in the percentage of the population that is overweight. AMAA AMAA Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 AMAA American Medical Athletic Association AMAA American Maine-Anjou Association AMAA Afghan Medical Association of America AMAA Armenian Missionary Association of America, Inc. was founded to bring together medical professionals to show all Americans--but mostly adults--that it is safe and beneficial to run and exercise. The American Running Association (ARA Ara or Arrah (both: ŭ`rə), city (1991 pop. 157,082), Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produces grain, sugarcane, and oilseed. ) had similar grassroots beginnings to convince adults to get moving and jogging jogging Aerobic exercise involving running at an easy pace. Jogging (1967) by Bill Bowerman and W.E. Harris boosted jogging's popularity for fitness, weight loss, and stress relief. . Today, we represent the force of good that can serve to combat the growing epidemic, yes epidemic, of increasingly overweight children in America. When I came aboard in March 2002, both AMAA and ARA were bound together, yet their objectives differed. The time was right to harness the intellect and energy of both organizations to fight TOGETHER for another cause. In late 2003, the ARA Board of Directors unanimously approved a change in the mission focus: To mobilize all Americans in the fight to defeat youth obesity. Since that time, many nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , consumer product corporations and government leaders have also taken on this cause; either willingly or with a nudge nudge 1 tr.v. nudged, nudg·ing, nudg·es 1. To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal. 2. . We have started to make a difference. ARA and AMAA have had the assets and ideas readily available and working together, we've made progress. We launched a new event, the American Running Honors, in Washington, D.C., to showcase the greats in running while emphasizing the cause of defeating youth overweight and obesity. We took an original jogging training plan and brought it out of the closet: The 12-Week Walk-Run program is the basis for the new "ONE-ON-ONE, WALK & RUN" grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. program aimed at teachers and parents to help get kids moving. The first word "ONE" in the program title can represent all of us united to get kids moving through walking first, then walking and running. We are part of a team effort to improve the fitness, weight and health of kids in America. AMAA is a big part of this campaign. We need action to occur in all our communities and are asking medical and allied-health care professionals to go to elementary schools elementary school: see school. to motivate parents and teachers to promote good nutrition, weight reduction and increased physical activity. Together AMAA and ARA can affect change. Both organizations were born at the same time with similar goals. Today, our voice is one. I ask for your support to help raise funds, volunteer at AMAA-ARA events and recruit new members. Let's be the ONE. --Dave Watt, AMAA Executive Director |
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