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Lab teaches remote kids healthy living

A TRAVELLING health lab has found a fun way to make people interested in their long-term health, and is finding success in a remote top end community.

A travelling health lab has found a fun way to make kids interested in their long-term health.
A travelling health lab has found a fun way to make kids interested in their long-term health.

IN a busy classroom on the Tiwi Islands, teacher's aide Stan blows into a breathalyser measuring carbon dioxide from smoke in the body, almost sending himself off the classroom scale. His students dissolve into laughter.

WHEN asked, he sheepishly admits to smoking.

Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/lab-teaches-remote-kids-healthy-living/news-story/af6866317609dc4fcc31366091fa3059