Local doctors combating childhood obesity at elementary schools through new fitness program

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE)- With more than one in three third graders being overweight or obese, one local school district is hoping to combat childhood obesity by adding a new fitness program.
A fitness program ramping up across the nation will soon be all the talk at some Rio Rancho elementary schools.
“I saw CrossFit as an opportunity to bring physical fitness back to the curriculum of kids,” said Anti Nelly Soto Hernandez, family practice doctor.
Soto-Hernandez and her husband, Javi