NYHealth Grantee Video: Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center, Inc., B’N Fit Program

In November 2006, NYHealth funded the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, in partnership with The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, to support the B’N Fit program, which addresses the epidemic of obesity among New York high school students.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that almost one in three high school students in New York City is obese. Obese children are prone to serious health risks including high blood pressure and cholesterol, adult onset diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, worsening of asthma, and even obesity-related kidney, liver, and bone disease. The grant to the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, which have been serving impoverished and diverse Bronx communities since 1942, was made to support a program that addresses the epidemic of obesity among New York high school students. This video takes an in-depth look at the B’N Fit program and its impact on overweight/obese adolescents and their families.