Fighting Childhood Obesity May Be As Simple As Looking Inside Your Refrigerator

Your Kid’s Health Have you ever looked at the nutrition label on your packaged food products? If you haven’t, maybe it’s time you did. The path to obesity in children may be avoided if parents read what is in the products before purchasing them. The ingredients list will have ingredients listed in order of quantity. [...]

A Stimulus Package That Trims The Fat

Got A Perfect Body? Tired of the political rhetoric? Some days it seems as if Washington really doesn’t have a handle on this stimulus package. I have an idea! Let’s get Americans moving again. Bring back a fitness czar to put a good kick where we need it. We can all trim a little fat [...]

Keeping Kids Healthy With Kids Fitness

Take Concern Over Your Health The fight against childhood obesity is still a tough battle. Though this very important topic is in the news more frequently and schools are trying to give students healthier choices, childhood obesity rates remain high. A study done by Dr. Arthur Agatston (of South Beach Diet fame) showed that schools [...]

Kids Fitness Starts With Exercises They Stick With

Be Fit While You’re Young Get kids moving and you’ve won half the battle. Get them to enjoy exercising and you’ve won the other half. In this sedentary time, getting kids fit not only wards off childhood obesity, but sets them up for a healthy adulthood. A kids fitness program helps bone development and it [...]

Make Fitness For Kids Fun

Workout For The Young Isn’t it time we make fitness for kids fun? The average American kid is spending three hours a day in front of the TV and a combined 5 1/2 hours a day on all media including video games. And we wonder why there is an epidemic of childhood obesity in this [...]