Author: Lydia Atieno

By Lydia Atieno Penina Mutheu, a coast resident, takes her seven-year-old to swimming and boxing classes every weekend and during school holidays to make her stay fit. The daughter started last year after the mother realized her weight was becoming too much, noting that at the time, she had hit 50kg as soon as she turned seven. “At her school, they have no playing grounds; they always go for a neighbouring school every time they have physical education class,” she says. For Penina, this was one of the reasons for weight gain, as her daughter spends most of the time at school. The private schools…