NANHUA Primary School in Futian District was recently recognized as the only health promotion school in Shenzhen.

　　The recognition came after the school introduced a get-fit program last year that requires students to exercise for at least one hour each day.

　　Of the school’s total student population, about 11 percent, or 78, were obese students, who have found themselves as nimble as squirrels after continuing the exercises for over six months, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported recently.

　　According to Chen Shunhua, the school’s headmaster, it decided last year to take measures to improve health of students as more and more were becoming obese under study pressures and unhealthy habits.

　　They designed a contract form between parents and the school, dealing with the children’s diet, sports and sleeping and then exchanged ideas to improve improper habits.

　　Some students were unable to finish the one-hour exercises because of a lack of fitness when it was introduced last year, the report said. But now, almost every student loves it and says their lives will benefit greatly from the exercises.

　　A recent survey found that the number of obese children in China has increased 10 percent each year since the 1980s.(Xiao Shao)