SMS helps ‘kick’ obesity out of America

The LIONMAN Foundation challenged 1 million people to break the Guinness World Record and “Help Kick Obesity Out of America” by participating in a simultaneous “kick” event Sept. 7 in Washington, D.C. Karate Hall of Famer Grandmaster Eric O’Neal and first lady Michelle Obama helped lead the “Kick Challenge” Sept. 7 on the White House lawn as part of the “Let’s Move” prevent childhood obesity campaign.

The goal was to break the world record on the number of registered people “kicking” on the same day.

 The Department of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy) encouraged units, programs, schools, services, children, families, friends and colleagues to embrace this challenge and create teams across the country and around the world by kicking simultaneously on Sept. 7 to jumpstart a healthy lifestyle and fight to end childhood obesity while helping to set a Guinness World Record.

(Courtesy of Sembach Middle School)