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22 Nov 2008 11:19 PM

How Treadmills are Helping Babies with Down Syndrome

by Michele Cheplic

You may never look at your treadmill the same way again... According to new study, placing infants with Down syndrome on a treadmill for just a few minutes per day can help them walk up to four or five months earlier than with only traditional physical therapy.

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23 Oct 2008 02:47 PM

Motivating Your Kids to Move

by Michele Cheplic

These days that might be tougher than finding a TV commercial that's not politically motivated. For millions of kids the idea of putting down video game controls and picking up a bike to ride is a foreign concept.

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18 Oct 2008 09:28 PM

A New Way to Fight Childhood Obesity

by Michele Cheplic

Perhaps the American government could learn a lesson from South Korea... on how to curtail childhood obesity.

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04 Oct 2008 12:15 PM

Fall Sports and Your Child

by Michele Cheplic

Now that school is back in session the number of sports related injuries is on the rise. Pediatricians say they are seeing a ton of ankle injuries among young athletes now that football and soccer season has gotten underway.

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05 Sep 2008 08:50 PM

Kids and Fitness---One Sport or Many?

by Michele Cheplic

It's a question I pondered recently when enrolling my 4-year-old in soccer. She loves playing soccer, but she also loves tumbling, swimming, golfing, and shooting hoops.

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28 Aug 2008 11:00 PM

How to Get Your Kids in Shape

by Michele Cheplic

In a previous blog I detailed Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps' efforts to motivate kids to get moving. As part of his new mission to get kids interested in physical activity the swimming super star is making trips to community pools around the nation to highlight the value of fitness.

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28 Aug 2008 01:10 PM

Phelps Promotes Kids Fitness

by Michele Cheplic

Golden boy Michael Phelps just returned to U.S. soil yesterday and his next mission doesn't involve winning medals; rather the muscular swimming sensation says he wants to save your child from obesity.

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23 Aug 2008 09:30 AM

New Exercise Program for Kids

by Michele Cheplic

My daughter was a chunk of a baby. (See for yourself.) But she has since shed her baby fat and grown into a perfectly sized preschooler, who can outrun all the girls and all but one boy on her soccer team.

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07 Aug 2008 06:48 PM

Is Your Child Getting Enough Exercise?

by Michele Cheplic

According to a recent study, the percentage of overweight children in the United States has doubled in the last 30 years. And while many factors have contributed to this epidemic, most health experts agree that kids are simply not moving as much as their parents did when they were young.

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05 Jun 2008 01:45 PM

Kid Fitness - How Does a Garden Grow?

by Heather Long

I love gardening. I talk about it here as a great way to get exercise whether you're pulling weeds, mowing the lawn or planting new flowers.

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