Holiday Fitness

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Holiday Fitness

The party, Fit Family: Ten ways to fight child obesity by some as the whole family healthy … Holiday Style

Tom Gilliam Ph.D.

The holidays are here in full (growing) force. And unfortunately for the health conscious, along with the tinsel and the tree the assault of temptation: the sauce rich with turkey, dressing, sugar cookies, eggnog, cake for all those comfort foods that taste especially comfort during a recession holiday ruined. But as we mentally prepared to remove from the table feast together, it is easy to forget that they are not alone facing temptations-i Our children are too.

That's right. Between the parties at school and stockings filled with sweet surprises, our boys are equally sensitive to guilty pleasures we allow ourselves during the holiday season. The bad news is that the "special occasion" indulgences we allow ourselves during the holidays can quickly become in bad habits harmful to our children-habits that will last long after the gifts have been discarded.

A good life always begins at home, and this applies even when the house is covered with tinsel and lights. Research shows over and over again that the only way to fight childhood obesity is to make nutrition and exercise of the priorities of the family. While okay for them to indulge a bit 'during the holidays, you should politely send your child off the third dinner roll buttery double handful of chocolate candies. "

No wonder that obesity childhood is a growing problem in the United States, in fact, the New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that one in three children is overweight or obese. This reality has encouraged more and more companies the ability to teach "family" of principle to their employees, helping the "get children and healthy families together "trend gathering momentum.

Kids live what they learn, and the number of parents are a source of information. If you see make unhealthy choices, which naturally assumes is good for them too.

With busy holiday schedules and budgets tight, it may seem impossible to find new and creative ways to help your family on the fitness wagon. Not so. Making a few simple changes to daily routines of your family can have a huge impact on fitness general of all.

Here are some tried and true tips to get your family in shape, not just during the holidays, but in any year:

Find "hidden" exercise routine domestic holiday. It may seem a no-brainer, but the good old-fashioned business can be one of the best ways to keep fit. And, fortunately, there are many reasons to do the work in this time of year. Be sure to involve your children in any pre-holiday clean-up parties or just general tidying of the house. Vacuuming, dusting, washing floors, sweeping and taking out wastes are all the ways your children can do their part for the family, while helping to make physical activity they need every day. Up the volume on good music during the time of routine work to get all the furniture and the house is clean in no time!

Brave the cold air and enjoy the winter training. On snowy days, get bundled and move. Go sledding, build snow angels, and have a snowball fight with your kids. If you are near a city, hit the sidewalks and enjoy the holiday windows. Or if it's too cold or rain, visit a sports hall as a batting cage or a rock indoor climbing center. And 'certainly better than sitting inside a couch potato!

Relieve boredom winter break with a spirited game duck, duck, (Christmas) Goose. Knowing how your children get restless when they are out of school for a couple of weeks? Add entertainment and instant-sneak in some exercise-showing them the games you used to love to play when you were a kid. Teach them all the information about Red Rover, Mother, May I?, Duck, duck, goose, and Red Light, Green Light-then spend an hour after playing for dinner one of them. It 'a great way to stay active and create some special memories of childhood for their children. Check out www.gameskidsplay.net For a complete list of instructions, plus other suggestions for games new to learn and try together!

Good model "snack" habits. As mentioned before, your children learn their eating habits and exercise to you. If you see a choice to make healthy snack like an orange, instead of reaching for yet another handful of party mix vacation, they go for the good stuff too. But do not rely on sheer willpower. Try to keep the house low junk food. Kids help avoid the temptation to keep the house supplied with healthy and tasty snacks like yogurt, fresh fruit, raisins and peanut butter natural. Just because it is the holidays does not mean it is okay to gorge on sugar and fat filled foods.

On the other hand, does not ban all holiday deals. When you try to get the family eat healthier, many parents make the mistake of throwing out all the candy, cookies, fruit drinks and other foods that children tend to love. This is the wrong approach. Not make a food is completely off limits. Until the food is consumed in moderate amounts, it's okay! Making something out limits may cause your child to binge on treats when they are available at school or grandmother. Furthermore, the holidays, not only would the Christmas holidays without the occasional cookie donut or Hanukkah.

Making exercise a daily habit. Whether it's a 30 minute walk after night, every dinner or a trip weekly local walking track, exercise with your family a consistent routine in your daily life. Besides being good for you, can help relieve some holiday stress and help the kids to burn off some of their energy excited. When it comes to a part of your regular schedule, like going to Grandma on Sunday or spaghetti for dinner on Thursday night, your children expect. And who knows? If you maintain A Fitness Routine, your children might also look to the extra time family.

Establish a competition fitness holiday. Kids are naturally competitive. Use that quality to their advantage. Buy a pedometer and tell all the boys who logs the most miles to get to open the first Christmas or Hanukkah present. Alternatively, create a goal that the whole family can work together. Set a number of miles for the week and chart the progress of each family member, at the end of the day. At the end of the week, if the family has reached their collective goal, Then celebrate with an evening at the cinema or a special (low-fat!) frozen yogurt treat.

Encourage culinary curiosity kids'. You should never hinder your child to try something new, even if you suspect that you do not like it. Always encourage their interest in seeking new foods and you will be rewarded when they discover that they like broccoli and brussels sprouts. You might also be surprised by what you can sneak by your children. The holiday season is a great time for them to experience the foods they eat every day that are a power feeding pumpkins, blueberries and spiced tea, for example.

Let them help make the figgy pudding. Kids love to help in the kitchen, allowing them to be part of the process of food preparation, you can take a great learning opportunity. And they will especially enjoy having a hand in preparing your Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa feast. Explain to them why you use certain foods and techniques to be more healthy. Allow your children to help in the kitchen gives them a sense of belonging during the meal, and will be more willing to eat a meal in good health who had a hand in the kitchen!

Sneak "gifts" club in their stockings. There are a lot of great (and little expensive) resources out there that can help you keep the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle on your kids minds'. For older students a subscription to a magazine fitness can make a good stocking Stuffer. You could also throw in a fitness DVD-martial arts for beginners and beginner yoga or pilates are great options. For children more children, my series of brilliant picture books for children, with cartoon characters Heart "and" Heart and friends, is a great success and a great way to make them think to a healthy life. And jump ropes, stretch bands, and dumbbells are appropriate gifts for children of all ages and can be purchased for less than $ 10. While the recession has caused many families to cancel Fitness Club Memberships, the good news is that many, many are the fitness components at reasonable prices. Not have the budget for the bust to give your children the best gift of all, the keys to a healthy life.

I remember, getting fit and healthy is not going to extremes. It's about making small, gradual, incremental changes in your day to day life. And that is why the holidays are the perfect time to help kids start the process, there is something Who valuable practice the art of moderation, in a season known for the opposite.

Know the cliché of New York, if you can do Here you can make it anywhere? Well, the same goes for the holidays. If you show your children can exercise when it is 20 degrees outside and you can stopping with two biscuits sugar instead of devouring the six, think how much more it will be easier to make healthy choices when it's hot outside and there is no infinite supply of trafficking groped for them. The habit now and keep them all year, will eventually grow up to be what you want to be: healthy and happy adults.

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About Authors:

Thomas B. Gilliam, Ph.D., is founder and president of T. Gilliam & Associates, coauthor of the book Move It. Lose It. Healthy Living.: The Simple Truth About Achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight, creator of the Move It. Lose It. Healthy Living. ® wellness program designed to teach workers how to achieve a healthy body weight, creator of www.moveitloseitlivehealthy.com, and founder and owner Industrial Services of physical, Inc. (IPCS).

Since 1982, Dr. Gilliam has designed and managed many Corporate Fitness centers ranging from 500 square meters to 34,000 square feet. He has established a series of welfare programs to deal with health issues such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, inactivity physical, stress, osteoporosis, back pain, and many others.

In addition, Dr. Gilliam is a pioneer and recognized expert in feats of strength dynamic for the industry based on the model of sports medicine. Since 1982, has provided isokinetic physical capability assessments for Fortune 1000 companies through his company Industrial Services physical, Inc. (IPCS) (www.ipcs-inc.com). Dr. Gilliam programs have dramatically reduced the costs workers' compensation and reduced incidence and severity of injuries for large industrial customers. In addition, Dr. Gilliam has been instrumental in identifying and presenting industry at high risk of injuries and illnesses caused by obesity in the workplace.

Dr. Gilliam is the creator of the Heart "E" Heart of the program, which is a program of healthy lifestyle for children and their families. E 'was the principal investigator in a study of the National Institutes of Health Research to investigate the impact of physical activity and dietary habits on the risk of heart disease in young children. Conducted in late 1970, this research has led to numerous scientific publications and radio and television interviews throughout the world, including NBC's Today Show and NBC Nightly News with its science editor, Robert Basel.

In 1973, Dr. Gilliam earned a doctorate in exercise physiology with a minor degree in statistics and research design from Michigan State University. From 1974 to 1982, Dr. Gilliam is a role a faculty member at the University of Michigan. Before resign from his position as tenured faculty, was involved with numerous research projects funded (eg, NIH, Kellogg Foundation, the State of Michigan, and others) which resulted in twenty-nine refereed scientific publications.

Jane C. Neill, RD, LD, is the 2004 recipient of the Nutritionist of the Year Award for the State of Alabama Public Health. She is an active member of the American Dietetic Association and currently used by the Alabama Department of Public Health, where he worked with the WIC (women, children and children) program as a WIC coordinator and a licensed dietitian. He worked in the WIC program for over ten years, providing nutritional counseling daily for women, infants and children.

While the staff as a registered dietitian at the University of Michigan Health System in late 1970, Jane was instrumental in working with Dr. Gilliam as an investigator at the National Institutes of Health research study to investigate the impact of physical activity and eating habits on heart disease risk in children aged from six to eight years.

Ms. Neill is a member of the team that developed and wrote the Heart "E" Heart program for children and their families.

He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Alabama in 1977, food, nutrition and management institutional. Ms. O'Neill has worked as a registered dietitian for over twenty-seven.

About the book:

Move It. Lose It. Healthy Living.: The Simple Truth About Achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight (Lose It. Move It. Healthy Living. LLC, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0-9762703-5-5, ISBN-10: 0-9762703-5-8, $ 19.95) is available in bookstores nationally and through all major online booksellers.

For more information, visit www.moveitloseitlivehealthy.com.

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