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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007
Schools engage in obesity reduction effort
Add fitness training to regular lessons
BY ANDY KENNEY
STAFF WRITER
Fitness education isn’t just for
gym class anymore. Teachers in
Chapel Hill and Carrboro schools,
along with other schools across the
state, are being given the tools to
bring physical activity into their
everyday curriculum.
Nearly 100 percent of the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools district’s kindergarten
through fifth-grade teachers and
50 percent of the district’s middle
school teachers received Fit Kids
training.
It was funded by the N.C. Health
Funds help inhalant technology
Moves to clinical trial after UNC start
BY SETH WRIGHT
STAFF WRITER
Anew powder-based inhalant
technology invented at UNC now
can move into full clinical trials
thanks to a $26.5 million invest
ment.
Invented by UNC School of
Pharmacy professor Anthony
Hickey and UNC alumnus Timothy
Crowder, the technology helps those
with airway disease such as bron
chitis, asthma and chronic obstruc
tive pulmonary disease.
“The problem is getting the pow
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& Wellness Trust Fund, which
was created by the N.C. General
Assembly as one of three groups to
receive the state’s tobacco settle
ment funds.
The system has reached the 70
percent mark and will receive a
certificate and a SI,OOO stipend.
The N.C. school board now
requires 30 minutes of in-class
physical activity each day.
Stephanie Willis, the Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City Schools health
services and healthful living coor
dinator, said training for teachers
is provided to help reinforce the
mandate.
ders to disperse such that patients
are not aware of them,” said Dr. Sam
Weir, Family Medicine Center direc
tor at UNC Hospitals, noting that
the powders can cause irritation or
get stuck on the patient’s tongue.
But unlike similar products
already on the market, the new
technology puts energy into the
powder using small vibrations that
allow the medicine to move more
easily into the patient’s lungs.
Hickey, who spent years study
ing powders’ reactions to these
vibrations, designed the device in a
“ They figured they needed to put
some funding into training teachers
how to implement physical activi
ties into other areas,” she said.
Willis gave the example of an
online resource for Fit Kids that
has log-in sites for teachers to learn
how to integrate physical activity
into their curriculum.
Teachers also receive an
“Energizer Booklet,” which con
tains active lesson plans that cor
respond with curricular goals.
Blue Cross Blue Shield held
training for people who could
then train teachers during sum
mer 2006, and training within
the schools began early in 2007.
“The training has been invalu
able to us,” Stephanie Knott, the
“If this device helps improve the
dispersion of the powder, then it would
be a big advance ”
DR. SAM WEIR, family medicine center director at unc hospitals
way that the patient will be able to
inhale the medicine more easily.
“If this device helps improve the
dispersion of the powder, then it
would be a big advance,” Weir said.
Asa result of the easy dispersion,
the new inhalant technology will
reduce the production time needed
for preparing the powders and will
help drug companies quickly meet
regulatory requirements.
The invention has spawned
Oriel Therapeutics Inc., a compa
ny based in Research Triangle Park
that will commercialize products of
the technology.
New Leaf Venture Partners, a
health care technology investor in
New York, announced the multi
million-dollar investment to Oriel
earlier this month.
Although Oriel started as a com
pany based off the inhaler technol
ogy, it now also develops its own
drug for the inhalers.
Paul Atkins, CEO of Oriel, said
that there is a clear plan of action
on how to spend the investment
and that he hopes the company will
finish development of its device and
then move to human testing.
Eventually the company aims to
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district assistant to the superin
tendent for community relations,
stated in a press release.
“It’s made it much easier for us
to focus on these new guidelines.
And from all indications, our stu
dents and teachers alike are enjoy
ing the results.”
The program comes at a time
when awareness of the nation’s and
the state’s obesity rates is increas
ing.
A report from Trust for
America’s Health shows that 19.3
percent of North Carolina’s youth
weigh in as obese, making it the
fifth-highest rate of child obesity
in the nation.
Willis said the rate of obesity
among the district’s students par-
commercialize its product.
But Hickey said the amount of
testing and regulatory consider
ation the company will have to go
through before bringing its prod
ucts to the market is extensive.
“Things take time, but if in five
to 10 years somebody is using this
inhaler that, from my perspec
tive, is a huge step,” Hickey said.
The technology is in high demand,
as about 10 percent of the U.S. popu
lation has an airway disease.
Powder-based inhalers have been
on the market since GlaxoSmithKline
Inc.’s invention of Advair in response
to the phasing out of chlorofluoro
carbons which are harmful to the
environment beginning in 1987. A
Food and Drug Administration ban
on the production, marketing and
sale of chlorofluorocarbons is effec
tive beginning 2009.
New Leaf Venture Partners’ one
time investment in Oriel should last
about two years, depending on how
quickly the company spends the
money, Atkins said.
“I think that we’ll be setting anew
standard as far as a powder system.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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“They needed to put some funding into
training teachers how to implement
physical activities into other areas
STEPHANIE WILLIS, chccs health services and healthful living coordinator
allels the increasing trend in the
nation during the past 20 years.
She added that besides the Fit
Kids training, teachers and school
staff utilize other means to ensure
their students are learning to live
healthfully.
Willis said the district has a
nutrition policy, which includes
nutritional education in the class
room and cooking classes for stu
dents.
UNC study warns
of sugary drinks
BY ALICE MILLER
STAFF WRITER
The saying “You are what you
eat” could soon change to “You are
what you drink.”
Researchers from UNC’s School
of Public Health found that people
are drinking almost twice the num
ber of calories now than they were
37 years ago.
The study, which ran from 1965 to
2002, concluded that the increased
caloric intake from beverages could
be linked to diabetes and obesity.
“It is important that people rec
ognize that beverages do contain
calories,” said Kiyah Duffey, a doc
toral candidate in the Department
of Nutrition.
The department’s study found
that most adults’ daily consumption
of beverages other than water
has increased by 94 percent
from 1965 to 2002, resulting in an
additional 222 calories each day. If
people continued drinking at this
rate for a year, they could gain 22
pounds, Duffey said.
And dieters shouldn’t forget about
potential calories drinks contain.
This study focused on the effects
of beverages such as sodas, fruit
juices, energy drinks and alcohol
on adults around the country.
Today whether at a sporting event
or driving in the car, large-size drinks
with no nutritional value are con
stantly available.
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“We have different programs
in different schools that combine
physical activities and programs
and opportunities for kids,” she
said.
“I think it’s important for stu
dents to have increased opportu
nities. It benefits them both physi
cally and mentally.”
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
“People should limit any kind of
beverage that provides calories and
no nutritional value to help reduce
the amount of calories consumed,”
Duffey said.
Becoming more aware of the
number of calories in drinks could
be helpful for N.C. residents, who
rank high nationally when it comes
to obesity, said Alice Ammerman,
nutrition professor in the School of
Public Health.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
more than 25 percent of North
Carolinians are obese.
Ammerman suggests drinking
seltzer water muted with fruit juice
as a healthier alternative to regular
sodas. This drink is a better choice,
but water, which contains zero cal
ories, is the best option.
“One way people are working
on changing is to get the beverage
industry to change the size of the
beverages they offer,” she said.
On college campuses calorie
laden drinks are popular.
“People buy lots of coffee and
lots of juices,” said sophomore Matt
Hinson, who works at Student
Stores. He also sells a lot of Red
Bull and sodas.
“People need to be mindful of
what they drink,” Duffey said.
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
AIDS week
UNC groups will sponsor events
on campus for World AIDS Week.
See pg. 5 for story.
Women's hoops
The UNC women’s basketball
team annihilates Furman 77-36
Sunday. See pg. 10 for story.
French take to streets
Students and transit workers
strike in France to protest eco
nomic reforms. See pg. 5 for story.
Versatile P2P
UNC is converting a bus into a
mobile command center for emer
gency response. See pg. 3 for story.
Franklin's Black Friday
The after-Thanksgiving shopping
season in Chapel Hill differs from
national trends. See pg.l for story.
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