Walk On! Challenge for Youth

Categories: Diabetes Prevention,Childhood Obesity Prevention,Promote Health and Wellness

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona's annual Walk On! Challenge encourages fifth graders statewide to exercise for at least 60 minutes daily. In February 2010, 280 Arizona schools enrolling a total of more than 30,000 fifth graders registered. In the past five years, nearly 140,000 participants have logged more than 78.6 million minutes of exercise through the program.