USDA's MyPyramid gains activity partner.In order to encourage overall health, the MyActivity Pyramid pyramid, structure pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their triangular sides, which directly face the points of the , created by the University of Missouri-Columbia Extension, was made in the likeness of the USDA's nutrition-based MyPyramid, but to promote physical activity. The message is clear--put away the electronics and get moving. The university developed the MyActivity Pyramid for six- to 11-year-olds with the hopes that it would encourage these kids to become interested in physical activity. Researchers who developed the program recognize that obesity obesity, condition resulting from excessive storage of fat in the body. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. has become a growing concern with school children. The bottom--and largest level--of the pyramid describes everyday activities, like riding a bike to school. The next level includes vigorous activities that need to take place three to five times per week, like 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. and other aerobics aerobics (ârō`biks), [Gr.,=with oxygen], system of endurance exercises that promote cardiovascular fitness by producing and sustaining an elevated heart rate for a prolonged period of time, thereby pumping an increased amount of oxygen-rich . The tip of the pyramid represents watching television or playing computer games, which should occupy the least amount of a child's activity time. See details of the MyActivity Pyramid at http://muextension.missouri Missouri, state, United States Missouri (mĭz  r`ē, –ə), one of the midwestern states of the United States. .edu/ explore/hesguide/foodnut/n00386.htm.
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