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Exercising outdoors 'makes children motivated and engaged'
29/07/2009A new group has been set up to encourage children to participate in sport and hopefully turn them into top athletes, reports ABC news.
In the US capital of Washington kids could be jumping on trampolines as they take part in a six week training regime to help tackle poverty, crime and obesity.
Volunteer group Achieve is trying to change that by spending six weeks turning children into athletes.
The group hopes to not only improve the children's fitness, but also to change the course of their lives.
One of the participants, ten-year-old Aliza Bolling, is back on the course for her second year and her dad said it has made a huge difference.
He told the news provider:"I think these kinds of programmes give children an opportunity to be motivated and engaged. Aliza and I are focused on the 2016 Olympics, preparing her."
Earlier this month, health commentator Michael Russell claimed the g-force exerted on the body by the bouncing motion of a trampoline helps to get rid of toxins.
