It takes a city to help a kid get fit

By Melanie Turchyn

For the 30 years he’s been in Stamford, Dr. Edward Schuster has had a goal.

He wants Stamford children to be the healthiest in the nation.

Now the city’s hospital, school system, public library, community centers, and some private donors are with him.

Schuster, a Stamford Hospital cardiologist, director of the Tully Health and Fitness Institute and a member of Stamford Hospital Foundation, is heartened by progress made in the last five years.