About the Book
The Playground Warriors is Lori's passion project, bringing fitness education to a new generation.
Through her quirky characters, her goal is to encourage children to adopt a healthier lifestyle at a young age - eating well, and ensuring they are getting exercise and using their imagination.
"We need to get kids moving again. The playground is where champions are made!"
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Fitness for Life
An advocate of life long fitness, the goal with The Playground Warriors was to create something for children to embrace fitness, and develop a life long love of being active and healthy. The statistics show that any encouragement is needed as childhood obesity continues to grow.
Childhood obesity is now affecting 13.7 million children and adolescents in the USA, accounting for 18.5% of the population
In the last four decades, the prevalence of childhood obesity has increased by more than 300%
Children with obesity are 70% more likely to continue being obese into adulthood.
According to the CDC, Hispanic (25.8%) and non-Hispanic Black children (22%), aged 2-19 have the highest rates of obesity.