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...opinion counts because Scotti is 12. The weight machines he pushes are mini-size, designed especially for the Children's Health & Executive Club (CHEC), a kids-only gym in Chicago. (The "executive" membership is for those who stay to do homework for two hours after the daily supervised two-hour physical routine.) "Schools have cut back on physical-education classes," says Sherry Drake, the owner of CHEC, which now has two other franchises. "Both the parents and the kids, some of whom are heavy and some of whom just want to move around, are looking for an outlet...
...Though CHEC, with its smaller-scale equipment and children-only policy, is not yet the norm, Scotti is just one of a rapidly growing group of teens and preteens who regularly hit the health club to lift weights, run on treadmills, take spinning classes and relax in the hot tub. According to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), membership among teens and preteens has jumped 65% in the past five years. Kids ages 6 to 17 now make up 12% of all club memberships, and about a quarter of IHRSA's member clubs have some kind of family program...
...local mental health programs in the Harbor Area. As early as 1955, a team of Revere school social workers led by Dr. Joseph DeLena extended its work beyond the schools to serve the needs of Revere Students. The group's efforts culminated two years ago in the opening of CHEC--the Comprehensive Health Education Center. Maintaining its base of operations in the Revere schools, CHEC has expanded to meet a remarkable number of Revere's mental health needs. CHEC provides emergency psychiatric care; group, individual and family therapy and counseling; and a homemaker service for families with physically or emotionally...
...into the East Boston-Winthrop and Revere-Chelsea psychiatric clinics, the Lindemann Center took charge of the Revere-Chelsea team. The East Boston-Winthrop group continues to operate out of the North Suffolk Mental Health Center, while Lindemann's Revere-Chelsea team works in the Chelsea Memorial Hospital and CHEC...
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