4. Walk to School campaign ‘successful’
Fewer students overweight after program’s first year

Local education officials say the Walk to School campaign they started last year helped area students lose weight.

The provincial office of education researched the effect of the campaign at 187 participating schools. The number of children classified as overweight at them dropped from 37.4 percent in the first half of 2017 to 35.8 percent in the second half. That’s a reduction of 1.6 percentage points.

76.2 percent of elementary school students took part in the campaign, and that was the group that lost the most the weight.

등굣길 걷기 1년…비만율 감소

지난해부터 추진중인 등굣길 걷기 캠페인이 과체중 비만율 감소로 이어진 것으로 나타났습니다.

제주도교육청이 지난해 도내 187개 학교를 대상으로 등굣길 걷기 캠페인 효과를 조사한 결과 과체중을 포함한 비만율이 상반기 37.4%에서 하반기 35.8%로 1.6%포인트 감소했다고 밝혔습니다.

특히 초등학생의 경우 걷기 실천율이 76.2%로 가장 높게 나타났는데
비만율도 가장 많이 감소한 것으로 나타났습니다.