Healthy Kids
|
Childhood Obesity and Overweight
Overweight is a serious health concern for children and
adolescents. The most recent data indicates that in
the United States about 16% of children ages 6 – 19
years old are overweight. Since the 1970s overweight
has doubled among young children aged 2 – 5 years
old and tripled among school-aged children ages 6 – 19
years old.
Learn more.
|
We Can!™ (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition)
An initiative of the National Institute of Health
Nationally:
We Can! is a science-based initiative
that has evolved into a rapidly growing social
movement, supporting the Surgeon General’s healthy
youth initiative. The Surgeon General's initiative
spotlights the serious and growing health problem of
overweight children and calls upon parents, caregivers,
schools, and communities to take steps to reverse the
trend. Fortunately, overweight in children can often
be reversed or prevented. To ensure a healthy future
for America's children, it is important to:
- Help kids stay active
- Encourage healthy eating habits
- Promote healthy choices
Locally: We Can! Pittsburgh is among eight
cities participating in an initiative that addresses
obesity in children.
Learn more.
To download a free copy of the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute's "Families Finding the Balance:
A Parent Handbook,"
click here.
|
Kid-Friendly Exercise
- Bicycle riding
- Play baseball or softball
- Play soccer
- Play kickball
- Take a family walk
- Ice skating
- Skiing
- Sledding
- Play ice hockey
|
Exercise as a Family
Here is a list of 10 way to make exercising as a family a fun activity.
- Go for a pre- or post- dinner walk
- Crank up the music and boogie-down
- Make a game out of household chores
- Sneak workouts into other activities
- Turn TV commercials into fitness breaks
- Have a weekly sports night (to play - not watch)
- Walk or run for charity
- Put kids to work in the yard
- Team up for gardening
- Walk the dog
|
Healthy Recipes Kids Love
Fun Recipes
– Do you want your kids to eat healthier
food, but they simply refuse? Try these recipes to
help make eating healthy more fun!
|
|
|
|
