Instant Recess by Toni Yancey
Check out Instant Recess. Scheduled for publication in November, this lively, inspiring, and informative book zeroes in on the state of American fitness—persistently sedentary, plagued by obesity—and issues a clarion call to action that reaches across economic, racial, and educational lines. It is written by Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH, Professor in the UCLA Department of Health Services, Co-Director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity at the School of Public Health and good friend to the Jubilee Consortium. In a warm, reader-friendly narrative that draws on solid scientific research, personal experience and her own poetry, Yancey calls for a radically different approach to fitness promotion: one that respects diversity and is grounded in the cultures of those most at risk. Instant Recess proposes regular ten-minute exercise breaks that utilize music and dance and are easily incorporated into school, work, and community life.