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Life Front Jenna Knipe (pink) and Kayden Buffalo (boy) with their mentors Marianne Okemow (far left glasses) and Katie Wilson (right) all take part in a new government funded program at Buchanan School that links them up with mentors to raise the self-esteem of teens and elementary students. U of M Researchers--including kinesiologist Jon McGavock--has been awarded nearly $1-million to help prevent obesity and Type 2 diabetes in kids and this program at Buchanan School is part of the researchers' efforts. See Shamona Harnett's story Feb 11, 2015 Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press