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I doubt anyone has escaped the news surrounding childhood obesity this week. Especially the speech given by First Lady Michelle Obama detailing the staggering statistics. Statistics that those of us in the fitness and health industries have watched rise steadily over the past 20 years. Yes, now we have the White House on it. But [...]

If you are a parent or preschool teacher, don’t think that your behavior is not important in shaping young children’s lives. Children look up to the adults around them and want to be like them. Sometimes it seems as if we’re on the side of children’s fitness when in fact we’re sending messages to the [...]

Just because the holiday season is here, it doesn’t mean that healthy habits for your child(ren) need go out the window. In fact, it’s even MORE important at this time of year to eat right, exercise and rest. Children are more excited than ever which means they need to get enough exercise to burn off [...]

One of my adult fitness students was telling me the other day about a project done with the local school district this Halloween.  Instead of children collecting, eating and getting sick from all the Halloween candy, the administrators came up with a great idea. All children were encouraged to bring whatever candy they received during [...]

No one wants to think that a child who has barely started life could already be showing risk factors for heart disease. But, it’s absolutely true. The data isn’t exactly new although new studies come out all the time mentioning the presence of serious risk factors in children as young as age two. Data published [...]

Is your preschooler getting enough sleep? Check here to see: Birth – 2 months old…………… 10.5 – 18 hours 3 – 11 months old……………… 9 – 12 hours (plus naps) 1 – 3 years old………………….12 – 14 hours 3 – 5 years old………………….11 – 13 hours If your preschool child is falling short on slumber, [...]

“In a five-year study of 1,758 children born in Quebec and their mothers, 15 per cent of preschoolers suffered from atypically high levels of depression and anxiety, researchers reported in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.” Who would think that children barely ready for Kindergarten would already be on their way to mental illness? [...]

Food served during the school day can be one of the most important factors in deciding what preschool to enroll a child in. Whether you’re a parent looking for a preschool for your child or you run your own childcare center, it’s important to pay close attention to what children are being fed while at [...]

If you type into Google, ‘preschool fitness tax credit’, you’ll see 3 pages of information links on how parents can earn up to $500 of tax relief on fitness programming expenses for preschoolers. Sounds great, right? How can you get started? Well if you live in Canada you’re all set. If you live in the [...]