programs about world fit foundation mission & objectives background & solution program description register schools how do schools qualify submit student file students how do students qualify featured students buddies what is a world fit buddy faqs community leaders responsibility olympians paralympians national team members responsibility definition of national team member directory world fit walk world fit walk results photo gallery faqs partners 2016 partnership opportunities 2016 partners news contact log in featured champion featured student featured champion sean o neill sean o neill is an american table tennis player and coach . he began playing table tennis in virginia at the age of 8 with this father patrick who was a nationally ranked junior player from toledo ohio . o neill went on to win every us national age championship title . featured student noah mermet my name is noah mermet . i am 9 years old and was born in portland . i am both american and french since my two parents are from france . i love world fit because it made me do sports and compete with the other kids . welcome to world fit world fit is a walking and exercise program for elementary and middle school students in grades 3 through 8 . world fit s mission is to eradicate childhood obesity and improve children s health and attitude towards fitness . world fit is a six week school based walking and exercise program designed to encourage physical activity for elementary and middle school students in grades 3 through 8 . olympians and paralympians act as mentors and adopt schools in the program to teach students the importance of lifelong fitness and the olympic values of perseverance respect and fair play . since the first world fit walk in 2009 108 813 students from 103 different schools across america have logged in a total of 9 184 210 miles during the six week program for schools join our world fit program let s get our youth fit and healthy . registration for the spring 2016 world fit walk will begin in the fall . click here to request additional information if your school is interested in joining the world fit movement . for partners join world fit and make a difference we need your help to make an impact on the childhood obesity crisis click here to request additional information from the blog 2016 world fit walk info ... mar 7th 2016 no comments wfw 2013 misty hyman at g. frank d. . . oct 3rd 2013 no comments newsletter summer 2013 ... sep 17th 2013 1 comment olympians join fight on childhood obesity ... aug 29th 2013 no comments study finds pupils cognitive performance i. . . aug 29th 2013 no comments world fit walk video dallas 2013 ... aug 29th 2013 no comments video saint albans city school wfw 2013 ... jun 24th 2013 no comments newsletter spring 2013 ... may 28th 2013 no comments world fit walk results 2016 total students registered for world fit walk 2016 12 694 total miles logged for world fit walk 2016 1 345 837 overall us & uk large & small rank school total miles logged miles per student per day status 1 . cary middle school dallas tx usa 254 400 11.0 2 . st. philip s episcopal school coral gables fl usa 16 711 6.1 2 . armitage c of e primary school manchester uk 2 457 6.1 us large & small rank school total miles logged miles per student per day status 1 . cary middle school dallas tx usa 254 400 11.0 2 . st. philip s episcopal school coral gables fl usa 16 711 6.1 3 . john hood middle school dallas tx usa 242 602 6.0 uk large & small rank school total miles logged miles per student per day status 1 . armitage c of e primary school manchester uk 2 457 6.1 2 . head place manchester uk 5 928 4.9 3 . john shelton primary school coventry uk 31 550 3.9 see full detailed results of the world fit walk 2016 . world fit walk in pictures want to see pictures from previous world fit walks go to our photo galleries . in partnership with calendarno events to showregister 1 schools 2 buddies 3 community leaders 4 olympians paralympians high level athletes resources olympic.org teamusa world olympians assocation world fit proudly supports america s move to raise a healthier generation of kids become a fan follow us view our channel follow us on linkedin supported by the crean foundation official world fit artist wyland 2016 world fit is registered trademark of world fit foundation inc.designed by embermediathe name world fit is credited to dwight stones usa athletics 1972 1976 1984 .