I feel like I have heard a lot about intervention programs that target adults to be heart healthy but not necessarily children. This article discusses a program "Fresh Air and Warm Hearts" which allows a kid from the city to visit a rural family for 2 weeks during the summer. This allows them to be more active and participate in many more outdoor activities that are not available or safe for them in their home neighborhood. Without too much preaching this teaches these kids a more healthy lifestyle. They will spend more time running around outside than they will inside on the computer or playing video games. I am not sure where the program started, how far it reaches or how many people are involved but it sounds like awesome opportunity. The family was able to see the impact they were having on this child's life as they noted that when they first met 7 years ago he was growing outwards but now he is just growing upwards.
http://waynetimes.com/community/fresh-air-and-warm-hearts-in-macedon
