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Article: Out Steppin' the Competition: Pennsylvania Students Take 14.8 Million Steps to Win the American Horsepower Challenge.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- November 14, 2009
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Today, The Humana Foundation is honoring 100 Western Pennsylvania students representing five schools in U.S. Representative Jason Altmire's congressional district (PA-4) who walked a combined 14.8 million steps to win first place in The American Horsepower Challenge. Those steps, equal to approximately 5,600 miles, mean the students burned more than 250,000 calories during the four-week challenge! The reward for their efforts is a $25,000 gift to be divided evenly among the five winning schools. Grants funds will support school wellness activities (see also Humana Inc.).
The American Horsepower Challenge is a unique exercise/video-game program intended to ...