‘Por Tu Familia’ Program Brings Fitness Bootcamp to Latino Families in Denver

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Latino families in Denver are coming together to get fit with the help of the American Diabetes Association’s Por Tu Familia (for your family) program. The program offers a free fitness boot camp every Tuesday and Thursday, at the Rude Recreation Center in efforts to prevent obesity.

Because obesity is a risk factor in the development of Type II Diabetes, and Latinos are disproportionately affected by obesity, programs like this seek to get the whole family involved.

In a CBS Denver news story, Julissa Soto, a director of programs, with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) said: “We certainly approach families. We don’t only approach the kids we approach the whole family.”

Through the program, Jeovani Solis, a teenager who was once told he was pre-diabetic, was able to improve his health by losing a significant amount of weight.

“At first I just wanted to join to lose weight, Solis said. “But then I realized that I like running.”

Although the program is directed towards Latinos, it is available to anyone in the community. For more on this story watch the video below and read the full story here.