1. According a recent (April 2009) Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine report, 20% of American kids are OBESE by the time they’re 4 years old.
2. Yet of the 181 Galloway School 2^nd, 3^rd, or 4^th graders (Channahon, IL) who could do at least one pull up, NONE WERE OBESE!!

1. Number of students in the study 538
2. Number of students who could do at least one pull up 181*
3. Number of students who could not do at least one pull ups 357
4. Number of boys in the study 287
5. Number of girls in the study 251
6. Number of boys who could do at least one pull up 116
7. Number of girls who could do at least one pull up 65

1. Boys 17.49
2. Girls 17.07
3. Combined B/G 17.34

1. Boys 20.46
2. Girls 19.47
3. Combined B/G 19.94

1. Boys 11.97 – 25.79
2. Girls 13.92 – 23.47
3. Combined B/G – 11.97 – 25.79

1. Boys 13.66 – 34.08
2. Girls 13.40 – 35.56
3. Combined B/G – 13.40 – 35.56

1. Boys 40.41%
2. Girls 25.9%
3. Combined B/G – 33.6%

1. Grade 2 – 22.5%
2. Grade 3 – 38.8%
3. Grade 4 – 40%

1. Grade 2 – 30%
2. Grade 3 - 44%
3. Grade 4 – 46%

1. Grade 2 – 14%
2. Grade 3 – 31.5%
3. Grade 4 – 31%

1. Boys 3.64
2. Girls 3.95
3. Combined B/G 3.75

1. Boys 1 - 14
2. Girls 1 - 22
3. Combined B/G 1 – 22

1. Boys - 14
2. Girls - 22

1.  According a recent (April 2009) Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine report, 20% of American kids are OBESE by the time they’re 4 years old.

2.  Yet of the 181 Galloway School 2^nd, 3^rd, or 4^th graders (Channahon, IL)who could do at least one pull up, NONE WERE OBESE!!

3. If we start young, we can dramatically increase the odds of working on prevention and we minimize the odds of having to work on rehabilitation.
4. Girls are no strangers to pull ups. In fact the TOP performer was a GIRL (with 22).
5. The average BMI of boys who could do at least one pull up was almost 3 points better than boys who could no pull ups.
6. The average BMI of girls who could do at least one pull up was 2.4 points better than girls who could no pull ups.
7. The average BMI of all students who could do one pull up was almost 2.6 points better than students who could do no pull ups

1. 40% of all fourth graders (46% for boys, and 31% for girls) could do at least one pull up which we thought was remarkably high.
2. 1.5% of Galloway students were classified obese, and less than 7% were classified overweight. That means 98.5% would be working in a preventative mode instead of a rehab mode, which increases the odds of success exponentially.

 

 

 

Highlights, Fall of 2008

1. According a recent (April 2009) Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine report, 20% of American kids are OBESE by the time they’re 4 YEARS OLD!
2. Yet of the 178 Galloway School 2^nd, 3^rd, or 4^th graderswho could do at least one pull up, NONE WERE OBESE!!

1. Number of students in the study 531
2. Number of students who could do at least one pull up 178*
3. Number of student who could not do at least one pull ups 353
4. Number of boys in the study 273
5. Number of girls in the study 258
6. Number of boys who could do at least one pull up 110
7. Number of girls who could do at least one pull up 68

1. Boys 17.01
2. Girls 16.41
3. Combined B/G 16.78

1. Boys 19.79
2. Girls 18.91
3. Combined B/G 19.32

1. Boys 14.05 – 27.50
2. Girls 14.01 – 20.40
3. Combined B/G – 14.01 – 27.50

1. Boys 14.06 – 33.54
2. Girls 13.06 – 36.00
3. Combined B/G – 13.06 – 36.00

1. Boys 41%
2. Girls 26%
3. Combined B/G – 34%

1. Grade 2 – 19%
2. Grade 3 – 37%
3. Grade 4 – 41.15%

1. Grade 2 – 27%
2. Grade 3 - 39%
3. Grade 4 – 51%

1. Grade 2 – 12%
2. Grade 3 - 36%
3. Grade 4 – 29%

1. Boys 3.74
2. Girls 3.56
3. Combined B/G 3.67

1. Boys 1 - 14
2. Girls 1 - 20
3. Combined B/G 1 – 20

1. Boys - 14
2. Girls - 20

1. According a recent (April 2009) Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine report, 20% of American kids are OBESE by the time they’re 4 years old.
2. Yet of the 178 Galloway School 2^nd, 3^rd, or 4^th graderswho could do at least one pull up, NONE WERE OBESE!!
3. If we start young, we can dramatically increase the odds of working on prevention and we minimize the odds of having to work on rehabilitation.
4. Girls are no strangers to pull ups. In fact the TOP performer was a GIRL (with 20).
5. The average BMI of boys who could do at least one pull up was almost 3 points better than boys who could no pull ups.
6. The average BMI of girls who could do at least one pull up was 2.5 points better than girls who could no pull ups.
7. The average BMI of all students who could do one pull up was almost 2.75 points better than students who could do no pull ups

1. 41% of all fourth graders (51% for boys, and 29% for girls) could do at least one pull up which we thought was remarkably high.
2. Less than 1% of Galloway students were classified obese, and less than 6% were classified overweight. That means 99% would be working in a preventative mode instead of a rehab mode, which increases the odds of success exponentially.