[WATCH]: NBC 4 Expo- PHD (Physical, Healthy & Driven)

The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington's renowned PHD (Physical, Healthy & Driven) program is combating childhood obesity and teaching kids how to stay healthy. This program was put into action in 2004, just as sobering statistics on the region's obesity epidemic were hitting the airwaves. Up to 70 percent of DC children do not meet recommended levels of physical activity, and more than 25 percent of children in the metropolitan Washington region are either overweight or obese. With challenges from increased TV and video game usage, lack of access to healthy foods, oversized portions, reduced recess time, and lack of sidewalks and safe parks, kids just aren't getting the physical activity they need. The PHD program is a

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