Exercise: How To Keep Your Kids Moovin' and Groovin'

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 12 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2552

One in five American children is overweight, and the numbers continue to rise. Lack of exercise is one reason for the obesity epidemic and it is a real epidemic that the health risk. In fact, this may the first generation of children in history not to outlive their parents because of obesity.

Children can play outside if the weather is good. What can they do if the weather is bad? Exercise is one way to the obesity epidemic and these indoor activities to combat wll keep your children and MoovinGroovin '. Your children can:

- Go down the stairs, and 10 times in a row.

- Dance, music with their friends.

- Draw a box hopscotch with chalk on the garage and play with his brothers, sisters, friends, and their parents.

- Pass each course in the supermarket.

- Jump rope in the garage.

- Ride a stationary bike if you have one.

- Go for a comfortable walk around a shopping mall. Your children should go about twice as high, if they can.

- Do jumping jacks in theBasement.

- Are Stretching champs. They could touch their toes without bending your knees, bend one leg back and hold your foot with the hand or turning you move from page to page, without the feet.

- Ping-Pong games with the family.

- Ride a scooter or roller blades in an empty garage.

- Take 1000 steps inside the house and follow these steps with a pedometer.

- Exercise in the gym at the weekend. (Get permission.)

- Walkthe indoor skyway system, when does your city or town book.

These are just a few ideas. If you brainstorm with your children you will probably be on more. Your kids want to start a Moovin and Groovin 'Club. Now that would be cool.

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