According to the Center for Disease Control, childhood obesity has more than tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. And with so much youth caught up in the sedentary vise grip of social media, television and video games, this should come as no surprise. To that end, there are students making an effort to keep fit in a way that reflects the metaphysical principle that the body is your temple and as such, should be kept pure and clean for the soul to reside in. Last month, Garden City High School seniors Robert Wotzcak and Drusilla Falco were awarded the New York State AHPERD Nassau Zone Outstanding Physical Education students for the 2013-14 school year at a county-wide dinner. It is an award the high school physical education department selects a male and female student for based on an array of factors including school wide participation, leadership, stellar character and performance in physical education classes. If more teens followed this kind of example, those childhood obesity numbers would take a significant hit.
—Dave Gil de Rubio
