San Antonio ISD students learning health in a new way next school year
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Kinder student Jaxson Flores, 5, runs a drill during a physical education class at Mission Academy in Jan. 2020. SAISD students in kindergarten through 8th grade will be getting a new health and physical education curriculum starting in the Fall.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer
When Dr. Roberto Treviño was a practicing physician, the patients he saw already had health complications that stemmed from lifetimes of bad habits.
Those patients inspired him to dedicate his life to reducing obesity and related chronic diseases.
“We needed to take off our white coat and start with 4-year-olds,” said Treviño, founder of the Social and Health Research Center of San Antonio. “They listen better than adults.”