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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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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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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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Birthday Cake - Get Out

by Heather Long

First it was fast foods and the short line, then it was soda and now it's birthday cake. School districts are going to start banning anything that doesn't fall into the 'healthy' part of the food pyramid, I just see it coming.

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Are Sports Not Working Any More?

by Heather Long

Sports were the typical activity to keep kids fit. Nobody really planned them outside of the idea that they were fun. There was Little League, soccer and of course football or basketball. Kids got together and started games themselves or they went with their parents into organized activities.

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Sticks and Stones ...

by Heather Long

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can't hurt me. This is a childhood saying that we teach our kids because we want to teach them that just because someone says something nasty to them, they don't have to respond with fists or kicks or scratches.

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10 Fit Kids Ideas for Summer

by Heather Long

It's started. Kids are getting out of school and the flood gates started opening in some areas this week. I'm lucky, I still have another week and half before my daughter's school lets out for the 12 long weeks of hot summer days and boredom in the afternoon.

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11,000 Steps A Day

by Heather Long

Hey Moms and Dads, are you doing the 10,000 steps a day program to maintain your fitness? You might consider buying a pedometer for your kids because according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, boys should be taking at least 11,000 steps a day and girls should be taking 13,000.

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Get Fit With a Dancing Cheetah Girl

by Heather Long

When Sabrina Bryan showed up on Dancing with the Stars, my daughter went nuts. I had no idea who the blonde bombshell was until my 7 year old informed me that she was a "Cheetah Girl" in that tone that suggests I should have been paying attention.

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Walk to School Day Tomorrow

by Heather Long

Tomorrow is National Walk to School Day. We talked about this last year and I'm a little flummoxed that it's here again so quickly. It feels like just yesterday that my daughter and I were strolling along with a few hundred others in the walk to school effort in our own neighborhood.

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