The Garden Project at KIPP/Gateway School, San Francisco Promotes Healthy Eating and Fitness for Children Through Community Garden Cultivation
This after-school program is a collaboration between the KIPP Middle School/Gateway High School, the UCSF Primary Care Pathway—Pediatric Residency Training Program, and the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health in a continuing effort to battle childhood obesity by developing new approaches to dietary habits. The Garden project enables the participating children to learn better nutrition by growing their own food and have a direct experience in nature by cultivating plants and trees in the community garden.
This program is a continuation of our discussion on combating childhood obesity in underserved communities.
Brian Auerbach interviews Aaron Watson, a teacher at the school who runs the program and Emily Roth, MD, director of the UCSF Primary Care Pathway—Pediatrics Residency Training Program.
The views expressed on this program are those of the speakers and do not represent the views of UCSF.
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