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- Evan Fieldston, MD
- Pediatric Residency Program
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa
- C. Andrew Aligne, MD
- Co-Director, Pediatric Links to the Community Program
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY
Reducing childhood obesity is a national health priority. (1)(2) After seeing the film Mad Hot Ballroom in 2005, Dr Evan Fieldston, then a resident at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, thought that a ballroom dance program in the schools could increase physical activity for disadvantaged children and provide an opening for health education. A team of nine third-year residents led the effort. Each resident made developing the program his or her advocacy-month project so they could implement it longitudinally. Each Thursday, a ballroom dance instructor and one or two residents visited Francis Scott Key public school for about 1 hour. Residents taught a variety of health topics, ranging from asthma to nutrition. The …
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