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Parents, Family & Friends

Whether you’re a parent, a relative, or a friend, the children in your life need yours encouragement and help to become involved — and stay involved — in a daily exercise program. Learn what you can do to help!

Childhood obesity has become a national epidemic. Pediatricians across the nation report that children as young as six now frequently suffer from formerly adult ailments such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

The solution may seem simple: ensure that children exercise daily and eat healthy food rather than fast food or junk food. As more school districts are forced to cut down on or eliminate physical education classes, however, making certain that children are involved in a fitness program becomes more difficult. Increasingly, children from kindergarten through high school face a day filled with sitting in classes. Breaks and lunchtime are reserved for eating snacks such as candy bars and lunches such as pizza, hamburgers, and fries. After school, they go home to sit in front of the computer or television, snacking on more junk food.

So what is the solution? Make exercise a family affair! For example:

Set the alarm clock to go off just 10 minutes earlier. Before everyone rushes off to work and school, head outside for a quick 10-minute walk. Research shows that exercise accomplished in fitness “spurts” rather than in a solid block is just as effective!
 
Got a family dog that needs to be walked? Assign your child the task of walking the dog each day, with a non-food reward for each week in which that duty is accomplished daily.
 
Establish after-dinner as the occasion for another family outing. If it’s too cold, dark, or rainy/snowing, acquire a “library” of fitness DVDs or videos. An increasing number of companies make all types of exercise videos, from dance moves to yoga to cardio. Variety will spice up the action!
 
Set up outdoor fitness equipment in your backyard, so that playtime turns into activity time! TriActive America and TriActive Kids can work with you to ensure that the items that you select can be used by every member of your family, from children to adults to seniors (Grandpa and Grandma need exercise time, too!). TriActive sells all products individually, so you can just buy just one or two - or 10 to 20! Choose what’s right for you.
 

Tip: For one of the daily family outings, go to a local park or enjoy a walk around a local waterway. If it has a TriActive Fitness Zone or Trail, you’ll find everything from cardio equipment to balance training apparatus to weight-building systems, all carefully labeled and easy to use. If your community lacks a TriActive Fitness system, contact us today at staff@triactivekids.com or call toll-free 1-800-587-4228 to learn how to be the sparkplug that makes your city and your family healthier and happier!

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