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Nonprofit founded by TVs Dr. Oz seeks to get citys youths off couches, into fitness
LIFE HEALTH-CMP-CHILDOBESITY 4 SA
Kevin Huerta and Lang Thao follow the moves of Gloria Lozaro as she leads a fitness class for students from Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif. - photo by Photos By Paul Kitagaki Jr.
Last year, Michelle Bouchard and Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV talk show host, visited Sacramento, Calif. They noticed the problem of childhood obesity here was similar to what they had seen in many cities across the country. They met kids who knew more about fast food than fresh fruit and spent more time playing video games than ballgames.