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Making Healthy Choices for School Lunches

\”According to new research led by Michigan State University and published in the current issue of Childhood Obesity, when schools offered snacks in lunchtime a la carte or vending that were mostly or entirely healthful, students responded with improvements in their diets, said Katherine Alaimo, MSU associate professor of food, science and human nutrition. \”When healthful …

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Yoga – good for the mind and body – even for kids!

Love yoga?  Never done yoga?  When considering exercise options for children, yoga isn\’t always the first thing you think of, but it\’s great exercise for kids and they love it!  The best part, it\’s a non-invasive form of exercise and works well for adults and children to participate together.  Here’s a great list of yoga …

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How to motivate kids to keep moving? A little friendly competition…

Trying to get kids to make exercise and fitness can be a challenge with so many distractions available to them these days.  Just telling them how important this is, isn\’t enough, you have to find a way to help them motivate themselves.  Here\’s an interesting article about a company that\’s created a power band (think …

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Childhood Obesity – what can we do to prevent it?

20-25 years ago, were we having any discussion about childhood obesity?  Our \”too-busy\” lifestyles today have led so many of us to look for ways to conveniently do everything, including meals.  Video games, tv, smart phones all provide wonderful distractions for children who used to go outside to play so getting daily exercise wasn\’t a …

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Kids and fitness – how do you get them to \”buy in\”?

Setting kids up for a lifetime of success with regard to good eating and fitness can be challenging.  With the plethora of distractions from video games to television to computers to smart phones, the concept of \”going outside to play\” has seem to gotten lost in the electronics.  So that begs the question, how do …

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