mK Active Kids
Our Mission
mK Active Kids is an exciting and motivating experience that children will be eager to repeat. Enjoyment is our aim and we hope to make exercise as much of a habit as brushing your teeth.
We also teach an understanding of nutrition, that there are no bad foods - just better options!
The Facts:
- 40% of all children between 5 - 8 years are obese, have elevated blood pressure, cholesterol and are not active.
- Half of all under 16's do not get enough exercise to strengthen the heart - lungs
- Children under 10 years, spend twice as much time watching T.V than they do actually playing.
- An overweight child has a 98% chance that they will be overweight as an adult.
- 1 in 3 teens are overweight - figures have doubled in the last 10 years.