fun fit and free
two year ago JOHN STREET read a story in an american magazine and he became very unhappy the story said that philadelphia pennsylvania was the fattest city in the U.S.
why was john unhappy about this? he was the mayor of philadelphia and he was worried about his city
when JOHN STREET was young he was very overweight his doctor said this was unhealthy john needed to lose weight so he started to exercise and eat well slowly he lost 60 pounds and felt great he continued to exercise and eat the right food to stay healthy mayor street knew that he could help the people of philadelphia lose weight and get fit too he thought then we will be a better city and our citizens will feel better philadelphia will be a healthier place to live
mayor street started a new program called fun fit and free to help philadelphia have fun become fit and be free from fat the program encourages people to eat healthy food exercise every day and drink plenty of water philadelphia can go to the fun fit and free web site to join about 30,000 people are in the program when they lose weight they write stories online to tell about it this encourages other people to lose weight there is information on the web site about how to eat healthy food too
many businesses in philadelphia are also helping some restaurants now offer more choices of healthy food health clubs are open in the afternoon so people can exercise at lunchtime some philadelphia hospitals have free classes to teach people about good health fun fit and free is very successful so far the people of philadelphia lost a total of six tons (about 5,443 kilos) in two years philadelphia is no longer the fattest city in the U.S. and john street is very happy